Re: Triplets who are deafblind on Dr. Phil

[Guest guest]

Wow... I'm still in shock...

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> I received this from another listserve.....Just thought you all

might like to check it out....

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> Colleen

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> FYI for the Dr. phil show this week - www.drphil.com

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> Wednesday - February 28, 2007

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> Silent Darkness

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> Most parents find raising a child overwhelming enough, but imagine if

> that child

> could neither see you, nor hear you. Now imagine having three children

> like

> that. Liz is the mother of the only known deafblind triplets in the

> world. Her

> three daughters are now 6 years old, but one of the girls is able to

> communicate

> at a 2-year-old level, and the other two at only 10-month-old levels.

> Liz's

> world is consumed with their 24-hour care, plus the care of her oldest

> daughter,

> who is 10 and often times overlooked among the chaos of the triplets.

> After

> years of dealing with the girls on her own, a new man stepped into

> Liz's life to

> fill the shoes of her ex-husband. thought he could become Liz's

> hero, but

> their relationship has been strained from the start and the stress is

> tearing

> them apart. See what a day in Liz and 's lives are like, and the

> surprises

> Dr. Phil has in store for them. Plus, meet an inspirational woman who

> says her

> world turned from light to dark at the age of 15. She's got a message

> for

> and Liz. Don't miss this heartbreaking and heroic story!

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