Cerebral Palsy

April 29 Where: WKYT-27 and WYMT-57.

Call: (859) 254-5701, Ext.

5602, to make a pledge in advance or 1-800-409-1865 on the day of the telethon.

A year ago, the only words 5-year-old Matthew Harshbarger could say were mom and no.That's more than his family was told to ever expect.

Matthew suffered intense bleeding in his brain before he was born eight weeks prematurely.At 18 months, a doctor informed Amy and Ken Harshbarger that their son's severe "I'm not sure we believed him.

He was 18 months old.

You can't tell what anyone's gonna do at that point."Matthew will be featured as the ambassador for the 36th annual Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital telethon, to be televised from 10:30 a.m.

to 6 p.m.

Sunday.Now in his third year of preschool at Cardinal Hill, Matthew has reached countless milestones during the past year.

He says dozens of words, sits and moves on his own and can take about 150 steps in a walker without assistance.His increased vocabulary is instantly audible upon entering the Harshbarger home."Ho...

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