Welcome to Tali’s World
Tali Radicke is a beautiful and unique fifteen-year-old girl born with Tuberous Sclerosis, who started having seizures at the age of one. Tali was born on June the 3rd in Seguin, Texas.
A healthy baby girl…or so they said. She was learning above her age. Shortly after the age of one she started to have seizures. The doctors didn’t know why. Mom searched for a doctor to tell her why Tali was having seizures.
After many doctors, a lot of tests, and a lot of seizures, Mom did find one doctor to tell her that with the markings on her body and the MRI testing, Tali had Tuberous Sclerosis.
Continuing…Tali, now age two-and-a-half, has lost her ability to talk and drink out of a cup, along with other things at that age due to seizures. As the years have gone by we have had a lot of Speech and Occupational Therapy (OT).
Tali is now 15 years old. And has found out recently that she has three brain tumors. Doctors have tried all seizure medication. None work to stop them. The Ketigenic Diet, which did work, but had to be stopped because it became too dangerous.
The VNS was tried but had to come out due to the device becoming infected with MRSA. Which started a series of surgery’s on Tali’s neck to get the infection out.
Now she has paralyzed vocal cords.
Tali has to raise a total of $15,000.00 for a Multipurpose Assistance Dog. Trained in Seizure Alert, Behavior Disruption, Tracking, and Tethering.
A multipurpose dog could help Tali improve safety and security at home, in the public, and at school. This service dog will help improve behavior by lending support to Tali as she copes in highly stressful situations and with routine changes.
Also, a multipurpose service dog offers more freedom to her parents by allowing them to shop and do other things around the house with little worry about having a seizure without warning. What a way to ensure that and the child is much safer…and less stressed.
This dog will also help improve communication. The dog can act as a companion, offering unconditional love and friendship. Tali desperately needs this support.
All donations you are making are in the honor of Tali and are made to:
4 PAWS FOR ABILITY
253 DAYTON AVENUE
XENIA, OHIO 45385
If you could please include Tali Radicke’s name on the memo line on the check or money order or on the website Donation page, so 4 Paws for Ability will know where the donation should go…Thank you from Tali’s family.
Note: I highly endorse 4 Paws for Ability as a source for extremely well-trained service dogs. The organization is sound and its goals exceptional. Judy Vorfeld.