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Her sight may be limited, but her hopes and dreams are not! She remains a strong, outgoing, friendly and happy young lady who loves to meet people and bring joy into their lives. She loves to socialize, sing, tell jokes and make arts and crafts. She especially likes to check her guestbook - so please sign it before you leave the site! One of her favorite hobbies is to making healing bracelets. She says she puts LOVE, ENERY and POWER in every bead! She loves to give them away to folks she meets. Her spirits remain high as she continues to make milestones in her recovery! To stay up-to-date on her progress you can visit her BLOG page or to see a recap of the Fundraiser held on Lauren's behalf and "Thank You's" to those that have assisted, you can go to Fundraiser-Thx page. Many are still asking what they can do to help. For more info you can contact: Trish Daly at Trish@Laurensvision.com. Contributions can continue to be made out to: FBO Lauren Cummins and mailed to Trish at 321 Earle Ave., Lynbrook, NY or direct to Lauren's home address below. Lauren's brother, Chris, now has his own page called Chris' Corner where he shares poems and stories and other literary works he has written many inspired by his sister. Click on the Links above: Hopes and Dreams:
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Lauren is a beautiful 14-year girl who was diagnosed with NF1 when she was 2 years old. Due to an optic nerve tumor that developed, she lost vision in her left eye at 2 1/2 and lost most of the vision in her right eye by 8 yrs old. Over the next couple of years, the tumor continued to grow and caused further complications. She lost all of her vision, began to slur and became weak on the entire right side of her body -- all the while her spirits remained high! By age 11 she faced life threatening complications and started collapsing. On Nov 10, 2009, she was admitted to NYUH for a major tumor resection. Due to shunt related complications, she enduring over a dozen surgeires, a 2nd tumor resection on New's Year Eve which was followed up by 28 days of radiation therapy and was in the hospital for almost 6 months. In between surgeries, she underwent acute rehabilitation where she worked hard at physcial, occupational and speech therapy - until she was too weak to participate from post-radiation exhaustion. They sent her home on May 6, 2010 to continue her recovery.
