STUDENT SPOTLIGHT:
Savannah & Austin Hefner
By: Tracy Hefner
On September 24, 2011, we
welcomed our precious Savannah
Faith to our family. She was born
a healthy baby girl after a healthy
full-term pregnancy. From the very
beginning, Savannah loved being
outside and was always happy. For
the first couple of months of
Savannah’s life she grew and
acted like a typical baby girl.
When Savannah was four months
old, we became concerned that
she wasn’t able to hold her head
up on her own and she wasn’t
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beginning to sit on her own. At her
four-month checkup, her
pediatirician told us that some kids
don’t sit as early as others do and
we shouldn’t be concerned just yet.
As her six month checkup rolled
around, Savannah still wasn’t
sitting or holding her head very
well. At this appointment, her
doctor referred us to a neurologist.
The neurologist ultimately decided
that since Savannah has no other
symptoms than low muscle tone
we would wait until Savannah was
one year old to have an MRI. In the
meantime, we began therapy with
SoonerStart.
Savannah’s MRI came back
inconclusive. The doctor told us that
her brain had a little white matter
toward the back, but it didn’t tell them
anything about why she had such low
muscle tone. Savannah continued to
get therapy every week and although
her progress was very slow, she did
continue to make progress.
It was just before Savannah’s MRI that
we found out we were going to have
another baby. We welcomed Austin
Todd to our family on March 26, 2013.
Once again, Austin was born a healthy
baby boy after a healthy full-term
pregnancy; he weighed 9 pounds 5 oz!