Kiki underwent 2 open heart surgeries in her first week of life. A fragile and weak baby, Kiki spent the beginning of her life in the NICU – Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. At the age of 3, Kiki was adopted. She was non-verbal, fed through a stomach tube, underweight and on medication for high blood pressure and heart disease. On her 4th birthday, still non-verbal, Kiki experienced her first fully a
ttended birthday party. At the end of the day, as she sat on the family bed and gently touched her many presents, Kiki spoke her first complete sentence to herself – a very precisely articulated “Happy Birthday”. Today, Kiki is a very verbal and robust 25 year old “little girl”. She has a condition called 22q.11.2 deletion or “DeGeorge Syndrome”, Kiki has a submicroscopic piece of the 22nd chromosome missing. She is unable to function in a typical work environment. She and daddy have developed a wonderful working relationship. Kiki’s Logistix is dedicated to a little waif of a girl who has come a long way in life and is joyful to continue that success.
