![]() ![]() Besides coming to terms with her quadriplegic state, they are also faced with further risky surgeries, mounting medical expenses and responsibilities to their other children. Yet, the first flicker of their daughter’s eyelids only signals the beginning of a life-long struggle. ![]() Utterly helpless, her parents, Jean (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) and Ed (John Slattery), listen as the doctor renders his diagnosis and prognosis: a broken arm, a battered skull, a comatose state with no sign of brain activity, a good chance of being paralyzed from the neck down, a better chance of never regaining consciousness.įaced with this heartbreaking news, the Ellison family refuses to give up hope. Walking home one fateful day, the young girl is hit by a car, leaving her tiny body broken and bleeding. Then, her life changes suddenly, making impossible the reality of even these simple, commonplace aspirations. For eleven-year-old Brooke Ellison (Vanessa Marano), they are about dancing, starting junior high school, and impressing the boy assigned to a neighboring locker.
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