One family's Special Olympics story, as Betsy DeVos proposes funding cuts
by Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune
Apr 01, 2019
3 minutes
By the time Brent Kampert was 3 years old, he could say just four words. Doctors told his parents, Pat and Jan Kampert, he might never say much more.
Neonatal hypoglycemia had damaged Brent's brain and caused him to have seizures and developmental and physical delays.
When Brent walked, he walked on his tippy-toes, so tight were his hamstrings. Doctors said that might be the way he walked all his life. Running seemed out of the question.
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