Two girls to benefit from this year's Little Valley Jamboree

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Published on Friday, May 22, 2015

Submitted by Evelyn Lewandoski

Little Valley Jamboree

The 18th annual Little Valley Jamboree will take place in Erickson on June 20 and 21. This year we have two little girls we are sponsoring, named Bailey and Haylie. Here is a shortened version of their problems.

Bailey Phillips is an 18 month old little girl who was born with congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV). Bailey has already had 145 blood transfusions, three bone marrow biopsies and spends hours driving to and from the hospital in Brandon and Winnipeg. Bailey lives in Roseland, MB with her mom and dad, Garret and Kristin Phillips, and spends hours playing with her big sister Leah. She has glasses and hearing aids as a result of the virus. Bailey still remains a bit of a medical mystery and they are constantly investigating into her situation with specialists all over North America.

Haylie Hopfner lives in St. Rose, MB with her parents Steven and Jaimie. Haylie is as yet undiagnosed, a non-verbal little girl who does not walk, she sits and crawls, even though the doctors said, “She would never sit or crawl”. She has had five MRI’s, two muscle biopsies and lots of tests. She has epilepsy and takes many medications. She attends Grade One, part time. Hailey has a team of health care professionals and continues to be a happy seven year old child, who loves the outdoors, books and playing with her little sister Ayva. The family will soon have to do renovations on their home to accommodate her needs.

For more information and for a more detailed story of Bailey and Haylie see our website www.littlejamboree.com and you can also find us on Facebook. 

Hope to see you all there!