SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — It is the season of giving and what higher option to give again than to shock one very deserving lady?
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Meet Draya. This now 7-year-old lady is fortunate to be alive after she was hit by a stray bullet that flew by way of the wall of her household’s Las Vegas condominium again in November 2023. The bullet went straight into her again, struck her backbone, and left her paralyzed from the chest down.
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For the reason that incident, Draya’s household relocated to Utah for her care and she or he has been out and in of the hospital, accompanied by her stuffed bunny, Hoppy.
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ABC4’s Jillian Smukler shared Draya’s story earlier this yr the place she discovered that every one the little lady needed was a real-life bunny. Her nurse stated Draya would point out that she needed a bunny each shift.
So, with some assist from ABC4, the Humane Society of Utah, Finest Pals Animal Society, South Salt Lake Animal Companies, and IFA, on the day of her seventh birthday, Draya’s dream got here true.
Smukler stunned Draya with the white bunny rabbit with the assistance of Draya’s mom, Porschia Ransey. And regardless of every part she had been by way of, Draya’s face lit up with a smile from ear to ear when the bunny’s fluffy face peered over the sting of the field.
“I always told her that one day Hoppy would turn into a real bunny, and it finally came true,” stated Ransey.
Draya’s household hopes her new furry member of the family will assist inspire her and hold her going by way of her ongoing remedy classes. Instantly, her mom already noticed her enhance.
“She hasn’t done that before,” Ransey stated, preventing again tears whereas pointing to her daughter transferring her arms to pet the bunny. “I’m having a moment here. Look at her wrist, look at that. You’re doing good.”
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Ransey advised ABC4 that the “therapy was starting already.”
To go together with the bunny, ABC4 and the varied native organizations additionally gave Draya every part she wanted to maintain her new good friend together with meals, toys, bedding, and extra.
If you want to assist Draya and her household as effectively, a GoFundMe has been set as much as assist pay for the hospital visits. The GoFundMe has a objective of $100,000 and as of Friday morning, Dec. 20, 2024, has raised simply over $36,000.
However for Draya, this can be a birthday she is going to at all times keep in mind.
