Customer Stories

Carlee was born in 2008 weighing nine pounds – her mom, Kelli, describes her first year as “typical.” “Carlee crawled, could stand some, but she didn’t walk and run like her brother had done,” said Kelli. “At around 15 months, I just knew something was wrong.”

Aydin was born premature six weeks early as a result of a placenta eruption. Prior to birth, doctors determined that Aydin had a club foot and would need surgery once he was born to help straighten it. While the surgery went well, his parents noticed over time that he was delayed in meeting developmental milestones.

Ryan, 16, lost control of his vehicle while trying to avoid a bicyclist on Gayton Road in Henrico County on November 8, 2017.

Travis has been the Presiding Commissioner of Bollinger County, Missouri since 2010. After an auto accident left him a quadriplegic his sophomore year of high school, Travis spent 10 months in the hospital.

Kania has been a fighter since birth. Born with a hole in her stomach, she underwent surgery at two months old to fix the abnormality. Unfortunately, as a result of multiple breathing tubes and going into cardiac arrest, Kania sustained a brain injury. At a year old she was diagnosed with cerebral palsy.

Jordan is a 19 year-old with cerebral palsy who is about to start his freshman year at Texas State University, majoring in computer science.

Emery was born with Schizencephally, Septo Optic Dyslasian and Epilepsy. At birth, she was missing about 40% of her brain and at just a year old had a hemispherectomy to prevent seizures.

Numotion customers Big Lee, Austin and his mom/caregiver, Tabetha, will be kicking off our new Customer Ambassador Program, sharing the many ways CRT has made an impact on their lives.

Arya is a recent high school graduate headed to Yale University in the fall. She is half Chinese, half Indian, born in Hong Kong, but mostly grew up in New York City. She also has spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), which causes pervasive physical weakness. Because of SMA, Arya has been in a powerchair since age five.

Eldon just celebrated his 14th birthday and refuses to let his health stop him from being a very happy and caring kid.

Life-long customer Gabriella has not let Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 2 slow her down or stop her from following her dreams.

Carey is a die-hard Yankees fan, lover of music and hockey, and has learned how to live life to the fullest despite MS.

Geoff is the happiest when he is outside surrounded by nature. He grew up in the mountains of Washington State and spent a good portion of his life working in those same mountains.

Londyn loves music, dancing, being read to, putting blocks together, chasing her brother and sister around the house and playing in the water.

Bass fishing wasn’t always part of Sammy’s life, but five years ago it completely changed his life. Sammy has faced more adversity than most people face in a lifetime, but has come out on the other side stronger than ever.