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I Had My Rapist’s Baby At 9, Was Forced To Marry Him At Eleven, And By Sixteen, I Had Six Children

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It was a rare moment in Sherry’s young life – her mother and sister had left her home alone while they went to church….READ THE FULL ARTICLE FROM THE SOURCE

At nine, the little girl was happily playing alone when the 18-year-old deacon of her local church came to call.

A man she instantly recognised and should have been able to trust – but then the unthinkable happened and he sexually abused her.

From that moment on, little Sherry knew her life would never be the same again.

Recalling the horrifying experience, she said: “All you had to do was walk down the steps form the church and you’d walk into our kitchen.

“That’s where he raped me. I woke up with him on top of me. Many times.”

Even though she was too young to understand what had happened, Sherry knew what she had experienced was very wrong and like any young girl turned to her mother for help.

Sherry was just nine the first time she was raped

Her nightmare was about to get a lot worse. Instead of believing her daughter, Sherry’s mother accused her of lying and even told the whole church congregation they couldn’t trust her. Thoughts of running away occupied Sherry but at just nine there was nowhere for her to turn…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

 

The abuse didn’t need and became a horrifyingly regular part of Sherry’s childhood.

Then, months later when she was still just nine, Sherry found out she was pregnant with her mother by her side.

Worried, doctors asked her who the father could be but again Sherry’s mother totally let her down and demanded she keep her terrible secret to prevent making the family look bad.

The solution, according to her mother, was to send her away with the bishop to give birth away from home.

Sherry had to marry her rapist when she was just 11

But on their way from to Miami, the bishop pulled over and raped a seven months pregnant Sherry.

Thousands of miles from home and in a strange hospital, Sherry gave birth alone.

With no visit from her mother and no calls to social services or the police, Sherry was forced to return home where the abuse continued. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

Two years after he had first raped her, Sherry was forced to marry her abuse – she was just 11 years old and her husband was 20.

Horrifying, Sherry’s own mother made the wedding cake, wedding dress and even a veil for her to wear as she married the man who had been raping her for years.

Sherry said: “The state of Florida failed me. The school knew. Thew hospital knew. The doctors knew. The courts knew. Nobody protected me – not one person. No one.”

By the time she was 16, Sherry had six children, giving birth every year after her marriage.

Sherry was 16 with six children

Her husband repeatedly disappeared and would often provide no financial support for his family but because Sherry was still under the age of 18 she wasn’t allowed the start divorce proceedings against him.

At last, a lawyer agreed to take on Sherry’s case and she was free of the deacon – but also a teen mother of six.

Since then, Sherry has worked tirelessly to provide for her family and has always been honest about her early life.

She went on to have three more children and after being forced to quit school when she was still a child, aged 55 Sherry was thrilled when she gained her high school diploma.

She now devotes her life to helping other women and children who are forced into becoming child brides.

Sherry said: “I am a mother of nine children. I am a grandmother of 34grandchildren.

“I’m a great-grandmother of three children, with one on the way and I’m grateful for that.

“It was hard but I endure. The most grateful thing that I say is happening for me right now is to be able to talk about what happened in my past.

To be able to help others. Was raped and not only that, I was forced to marry my rapist at the age of 11.

“To end up in a situation where it wasn’t easy to get out of, and that’s one of my reasons for doing what I do.

“My children, they are very proud of me for coming forth. They’d say ‘go for it Mom. Do what you feel like you need to do, I’m happy for you’.

“I consider myself the voice for the voiceless

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Mother left everyone in disbelief after they heard her excuse why she left her baby alone with pit bull only for the dog to chew on the child’s hands and leave her without 5 fingers!

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The young mother, later identified as Chloe, was arrested and charged with neglect after leaving her baby daughter with pit bull. The dog reportedly chewed on the baby’s hand when she left her alone, resulting in the girl losing 5 fingers.

Three of the fingers on the girl’s left hand were fully amputated and two fingers on her right hand were partially amputated. The incident left neighbors startled and in disbelief.

The mother reportedly left her 3-month-old baby alone with the dog so she could take a shower. During and interview with investigators, the 21-year-old mom said that she was feeling ill and put the little girl in her bassinet before heading to the bathroom, per reports.

The woman then turned on the shower and turned it back off again when she heard the baby girl scream. Chloe then found the 3-month-old pit bull puppy chewing on the baby’s hands. She wrapped the baby’s hands in cloth and called 911…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

 

When the mother found her baby, she couldn’t look at her baby daughter’s fingers because there was soo much bl00d. ‘You never leave a baby or infant alone with an animal. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

You just don’t. Thank God the baby’s still alive,’ neighbor, Kecia said. NBC2 reports the three-month-old puppy that was just brought into the home less than 24 hours earlier after the mother coming across a post for the dog on Facebook.

The mother was charged with child neglect following a four-month-long investigation. Investigators in bringing charges forward said the mother kept changing stories as to why she left the baby alone with the pit bull.

The puppy was quarantined as part of protocol following a bite. The pit bull passed the quarantine and was transferred to the Animal Welfare League.

As the baby recovers with family members, the mother, who posted $7,500 bond, was granted supervised visitation. This incident remains under investigation.

 

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6-Year-Old Boy Left In Coma After Being Sent Home From School With Headache

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Ellis Artist of Clayton, West Yorkshire was living a normal, 6-year-old life when everything went downhill.

One night, Ellis woke up in pain and screaming to his parents, 37-year-old Paul Artist and 34-year-old Sarah Girdwood.

His head and neck were in tremendous pain and he began to vomit profusely.

This all happened after a minor illness, which he seems to recover quickly from earlier that day.

Ellis’ parents rushed him to a nearby hospital, and a rash started to develop.

First, doctors thought it was meningitis, but antibiotics didn’t help and Ellis was mumbling and moaning in his sleep, unable to wake up…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

 

Doctors then performed an MRI scan.

The resulting diagnosis was shocking and horrifying: acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, or ADEM.

This extremely rare condition causes brain swelling, and Ellis now has repeated seizures as a result.

ADEM is a little-understood disease that can begin from even a small infection.

It causes negative reactions to the white matter of the brain, which then affects the body’s immune system.

The result is a severe allergic reaction that involves attacking the immune system and the eroding of nerves’ protective layers.

This condition tends to affect different people in different ways, meaning it is usually impossible for doctors to provide an accurate prognosis – as is the case with Ellis.

75% of those who develop AEDM are able to recover fully, but the remainder may develop significant impairments and disabilities as a result. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

It is unsure whether Ellis will recover, how severe his condition is, or if he will have any long-term effects from it.

After the AEDM diagnosis, Ellis was placed in a medically-induced coma and rushed to the Leeds General Infirmary.

A week later, another scan revealed that the swelling was no longer just in Ellis’ brain – it was beginning to make its way down his spine.

He was also having mini-seizures due to the brain swelling. But it’s not all bad news – after a while of being on a ventilator, Ellis is able to breathe on his own again.

The Sick Children’s Trust has put up Ellis’ family, including his three brothers, the youngest of which still doesn’t know what is really happening to Ellis.

Ellis, meanwhile, is still in a coma with his parents by his bedside as he receives the 24/7 care that he needs.

It is still unknown whether Ellis will recover fully or not, but doctors are doing everything they can to provide information to his worried family.

It’s expected that Ellis will be at the hospital for at least a couple of months, and will then need constant care at home once he is able to leave.

In order to ease the financial strain, family and friends, as well as Ellis’ school Clayton St John CE Primary School, have been working hard to raise funds for the family.

Ellis is a strong, tough boy and everyone is rooting for him and hoping for his recovery.

A fundraiser for the family with a £5,000 target goal has been set up, and around 92% of funds have been raised at the time of writing.

If you’d like to donate to the cause, you can do so at their JustGiving page.

 

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Did An Angel Save Girl From Dying In Hospital?

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Losing a child can be a devastating event, no matter what age.It is, however, universally agreed upon that it is worse when the child is lost at such a young age.

Sadly, this sort of early death is expected for some families, due to the circumstances that their child is involved in.

Despite the advancement of modern medicine, there are still plenty of children who suffer from severe health problems from either a young age or even from birth. These children are often predicted to not survive very long.

In a way, their passing can be considered them finally having rest and relief from their life, which has been an uphill battle all the way…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

 

Most of these children and their families, however, find themselves with plenty to live for.

They fight, they strive, and they try to use everything at their disposal to push forward and see another day.

Alas, this is a war, and sometimes, the inevitable happens.

In the case of North Carolinian Chelsea Banton, she wasn’t expected to see her third day.

A premature baby born five weeks early, Chelsea had a major problem – she had to deal with excessive fluids creating pressure against her brain.

The doctors gave her at most 36 hours to live.

However, the baby girl would defy all odds, and would live to grow up.

Her life, however, did not get any easier after that first major hurdle.

The girl would spend the following 14 years of her short life fighting against one health problem after another.

Infections, life-threatening viruses, fluid retention, shunt revisions, hydrocephalus – you named it, she suffered it at some point.

In the fall of 2008, Chelsea was struck by yet another round of advanced pneumonia, which had developed from a bad cold she caught. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

This latest bout of illness seemed to be the last one she could handle – the girl was forced to stay in the hospital for seven weeks, completely dependant on life support.

It was at this point that Colleen Banton, her mother, was forced to make a heartbreaking decision.

In the interest of not prolonging her daughter’s suffering, she opted to keep the ventilator off the next time her daughter was strong enough to breathe on her own.

It was essentially plugging the plug for the girl – by this point, Colleen had decided that should her daughter’s time had come, then there was no use in delaying the inevitable.

While praying with friends and family who had come out to support this mother, Colleen was suddenly called over to a nearby monitor by the pediatrician nurse.

There, her attention was directed to the bright light that had appeared in front of the door to the pediatrician unit.

Astonished, Colleen took a quick photo of it with her camera, then went to check this strange light in person.

Oddly enough, it wasn’t there physically.

A miracle occurred shortly thereafter – three days later, Chelsea was well enough to return home once again.

Colleen is convinced that the figure was an angel who helped her daughter.

Chelsea would then go on to live for another 7 more years before passing away in 2015, at the age of 21.

Her story is one for the ages!

 

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