Bella's Wheels (Wheelchair Van)
Donation protected
Updated 1/22/2017
The ideal vehicle would be a wheelchair accessible van able to seat 6-7 passengers. A new wheelchair accessible van prices around $65,000. We have located a used van for less than half this cost.
Bella is my 17 year old niece, who happens to be afflicted with Cerebral Palsy (CP). The oldest of four and also a twin. Bella and Anna were born at 28 weeks, spending 3 months in the hospital. Bella has endured many therapy sessions, procedures, gait studies and 6 surgeries of varying focus, all to allow Bella to live with less discomfort and to move a little easier. Some surgeries have been to stretch her spastic muscles, some have been to manipulate nerves and the latest has been to straighten the bone in her leg.
Bella needed to have her leg rotated to face forward. Her leg was twisted inward causing it to hit the back of the other leg when she would walk with assistance from her walker. Recovery has been difficult for Bella and walking again, for her, is not possible. Bella's muscle spasticity is preventing her from progressing, this is all a part of CP.
Despite all she has been through, Bella is Miss Congeniality to everyone, she will win you over with her smile and her sincere interest in you, what you like and who you are. If you want to talk movies and music she is all ears, Bruno Mars, Tim McGraw, Johnny Depp, and Dwayne Johnson (The Rock) are of particular interest.
Bella's family is in desperate need of a new vehicle that can fit the family, including Bella and her wheelchair. Currently the family minivan is not running and the 1996 Jeep (their second car) cannot fit everyone. Family outings are challenging and require assistance from extended family. Christa, Bella's mom, disassembles and reassembles Bella's wheelchair to fit the chair into the Jeep and Bella must be lifted in and out of the wheelchair to the car. (See the video posted with this fundraiser. https://youtu.be/metVb4b0Ttw) A new wheelchair accessible van would ease the daily challenges Bella and her family face.
Please assist this family, facing many financial, medical and daily challenges, purchase a van to transport Bella and the entire family.
The ideal vehicle would be a wheelchair accessible van able to seat 6-7 passengers. A new wheelchair accessible van prices around $65,000. We have located a used van for less than half this cost.
Bella is my 17 year old niece, who happens to be afflicted with Cerebral Palsy (CP). The oldest of four and also a twin. Bella and Anna were born at 28 weeks, spending 3 months in the hospital. Bella has endured many therapy sessions, procedures, gait studies and 6 surgeries of varying focus, all to allow Bella to live with less discomfort and to move a little easier. Some surgeries have been to stretch her spastic muscles, some have been to manipulate nerves and the latest has been to straighten the bone in her leg.
Bella needed to have her leg rotated to face forward. Her leg was twisted inward causing it to hit the back of the other leg when she would walk with assistance from her walker. Recovery has been difficult for Bella and walking again, for her, is not possible. Bella's muscle spasticity is preventing her from progressing, this is all a part of CP.
Despite all she has been through, Bella is Miss Congeniality to everyone, she will win you over with her smile and her sincere interest in you, what you like and who you are. If you want to talk movies and music she is all ears, Bruno Mars, Tim McGraw, Johnny Depp, and Dwayne Johnson (The Rock) are of particular interest.
Bella's family is in desperate need of a new vehicle that can fit the family, including Bella and her wheelchair. Currently the family minivan is not running and the 1996 Jeep (their second car) cannot fit everyone. Family outings are challenging and require assistance from extended family. Christa, Bella's mom, disassembles and reassembles Bella's wheelchair to fit the chair into the Jeep and Bella must be lifted in and out of the wheelchair to the car. (See the video posted with this fundraiser. https://youtu.be/metVb4b0Ttw) A new wheelchair accessible van would ease the daily challenges Bella and her family face.
Please assist this family, facing many financial, medical and daily challenges, purchase a van to transport Bella and the entire family.
Organizer and beneficiary
Mindy Loschiavo
Organizer
Bright, IN
Christa M. Loschiavo
Beneficiary