Jian Jackson: A Will and a Way

Jian Jackson was born healthy. At about 5 months old, she had a high fever at the orphanage where she lived in China. Four days later, she wasn t moving her legs anymore. By then they took her to a doctor, but it was too late, explains Stacie Jackson, Jian s adoptive mother. The doctors here think it was The 8yearold suffered nerve damage to both legs, and she now uses her hands to move, with her legs and feet hopping or dragging behind. She s amazingly agile, and her upperbody s