The Incredible Story of Audrey Walker

Nine year old Audrey Walker of Campbell, CA is a miracle of God. Walker was born with several medical conditions that caused her to be born without eyes and she had immediate open heart surgery after she was born. 

The troubles didn't stop there, however. 10 days after the surgery, Audrey's throat began to close. Breathing became impossible. She once again had to have emergency surgery to remove what her father, Jim Walker, called the "abnormal blocking growth" in her throats that closed it up and prevented her from breathing. 

The story begins before she was even born. When Jim and his wife Heather went for the ultrasound, doctors said that Audrey would come out dead or would need emergency life-saving surgery the moment she was born.

Doctors also gave her only two years to live if the surgeries she endured didn't go as planned. Jim found a doctor, Dr. Frank Hanley, who could save Audrey's life through a procedure he created called unifocalization. 

The surgery had Audrey go through three open heart surgeries and so much more procedures. In one instance, her throat closed up. Luckily, Dr. Peter Koltai was walking by as it happened, and he saved her from suffocating to death. 

"She has more surgeries to go through," Jim told me in a phone interview. Walker has already fought so many doubts after doctors said she would be born dead and would die at two years old. Audrey's goals in life include being a teacher. She currently raises sells Love Birds, which are small cockatoos. 

Her GoFundme page is here: https://www.gofundme.com/2a5xeb6c

Her family is looking to raise $30,000 for the following:

Walking cane
Braille machine
3 D Printer
Braille-Note Machine
Braille display
Embosser machine
Victor Reader (reads digital text)
Grocery / store label Reader
Liquid-level indicator
Measuring spoons w Braille
Money Identifier
Oven rack guards and mitts
Guide dog
Treadmill
Stationary Bike
Mobile bike adaptive attachment
Blind adapted Iphone
Books on tape
Braille Books
Swimming pool access
Musical Instruments
Martial Arts classes
Singing Lessons
Musical Instrument lessons
Athletic / safety equipment
Blind-assisted Computer
Transportation – entrance into educational venues such as:
Children’s Discovery Museum
Exploratorium
Appropriate plays

Any type of donation would be helpful in saving this young girl's life.

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