Here are six highlights:
1. Cape Day encourages Atlanta residents to don capes for “superhero” children fighting health issues in the hospital.
2. The day of celebration came to fruition in 2014 to recognize children spending their time in the hospital.
3. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta staff will show the young patients pictures of Atlanta residents wearing capes in their honor.
4. Ten-year-old Lainey is an example of one such hero, spending as much time as she can practicing ballet, swimming and riding horses, despite her diagnosis of spina bifida in utero at 23-weeks gestation.
5. At just four hours into her life, Lainey underwent surgery to close her spine. She then endured 27 days in the neonatal ICU, undergoing another surgery at five days old to place a shunt in her brain.
6. Over the course of her childhood, Lainey was in and out of the hospital for multiple surgeries. She currently has growing rods in her spine to correct a 90-degree spinal curve, which requires future surgeries.
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