When Julia was born, doctors gave her only months to live. Her parents were told to "take her off the ventilator and let her go." Julia beat the odds and survived, but after two years in a medical facility she was still not eating, talking...See moreWhen Julia was born, doctors gave her only months to live. Her parents were told to "take her off the ventilator and let her go." Julia beat the odds and survived, but after two years in a medical facility she was still not eating, talking, or moving at all. In a drastic leap of faith, Marcelo and Milene took their daughter home and enrolled her in a unique hippotherapy program (therapy that utilizes horses) at the nonprofit Special Strides Therapeutic Riding Center in NJ. Despite their disbelief, they hoped against hope that this would be the key to bringing their precious Julia to life.
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