Brooke Taylor Reynolds – Brookie, to those that know and love her - is a beautiful 4 year old little girl from Rhode Island with a smile that will capture your heart. Like many little girls her age, she loves to laugh, play with her dolls and be around her many little friends. She idolizes her older brother, Tyler, and she has a spirit that is contagious. But Brookie is different than most children. She has spastic quadriplegia, a form of cerebral palsy (CP), in which all four limbs are affected. At 9 months old she was diagnosed with what is characterized to be one of the more severe forms of cerebral palsy, as it presents in the loss of both motor and sensory functions in both legs and both arms. Brookie's speech and physical development are severely delayed. She faces challenges on a daily basis to accomplish tasks that most parents and children take for granted. To help loosen the stiffness of her muscles, Brookie receives various rounds of therapies over the course of every month. She has physical therapy and occupational therapy twice weekly, horse therapy (hippotherapy) and swim therapy. Brookie also receives private speech therapy and anat baniel therapy 2-3 times weekly that insurance doesn't cover. Private speech is $110 per 45 min and anat baniel therapy is $85-100 per 45 min lessons.
Every day Brookie is required to wear special braces on legs so her feet don't lose range of motion. Yet through it all, she is as delightful as can be and always has a smile on her face. Her mothers motto is, "Impossible is nothing!" This page was created by friends of the Reynolds family in hopes of supporting them through their ongoing journey. Allison, Dan, Tyler and Brookie are an incredibly strong and inspirational family and we want to do everything we can to show them how much they are loved and supported. Brookie will have challenges ahead but with our ongoing help, hopefully she can have access to resources and treatments that will assist in improving her development and let her live the best life possible. In addition to continuing all of her therapies, Brookie now has a power chair and she would love to be able to use this in the house. They have had people come and a ramp is not feasible on their property so the only option is a wheelchair lift costing $10,100 and their porch will need to be changed also which is an estimate of $5000. They would like to be able to convert their van to make it handicap accessible which is around $25,000. They would love to do CME therapy in New Jersey, one week 2x daily will cost $1550 and will also need hotel costs also. Sadly everything is beyond expensive to just get what Brookie needs to live a normal life as possible.
In her mother?#39;s words: "Brookie truly is the happiest little person alive. She doesn't let anything stop her. People always say her eyes sparkle and her smile will make anybody’s heart shine”. We know that your support will keep her smiling for years and years to come.

Fundraiser
https://www.youcaring.com/brookie-reynolds-429632
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/Smiles-for-Brookie-212022388976921