Mother of Greatness By Eve wolfe I had the pleasure of sitting down and interveiwing an amazing woman whose name is Elizabeth Selph. This women goes through more in one day than anyone else I know. Eve Wolfe: Mrs. Selph I understand that you take care of a medically fragile child Annie, right? How old is Annie and how long has she been adopted from CYFD (Childrens/Youth/Family Department)? Elizabeth Selph: I have had Annie since she was three weeks old. She will be turning three in July. EW: Can you explain what it is like dealing with a medically fragile child? ES: It is very tiring. EW: Really. Can explain in more detail? ES: Most of the time I wake up at 11:00 p.m. and stay awake and play with Annie until 3:00 a.m. Then at this time I give Annie's medicine through a G-Tube. Thrity minutes later I feed her through her G-Tube, also. EW: May I ask what a G-Tube is? ES: A G-Tube is a gastrio-intestinal feeding tube. So the food goes directly from a feeding pump to Annie's stomach. EW: What is the rest of your day like? ES: it is full of physical therapy and doctor appoinments, some even in Albuquerque and Denver. EW: What are Annie's disabilities? ES: Annie is blind, deaf, and has problems with gaining weight. EW: When did you find out she is blind and deaf? ES: When she was three months old we found out that she is deaf. When she was four months old we found out that she's blind. EW: When did you adopt her? ES: When she was eight months old. EW: So you adopted her knowing about her disabilities. Most people wouldn't even dare. What made you keep her? ES: Because we fell in love with her. Right away we knew she was an angel god sent to us. EW: Mrs. Selph, do you have any other kids? ES: Yes, I have four more two girls and two boys. EW: Are they your biological children? ES: No. EW: Are they adopted? ES: Only one is adopted, the eldest, Shawniece. EW: Does she have any problems? ES: Yes, she has seizures that she has to take medicine for and has learning disabilities. EW: Ok, So who are the other three who live with you? ES: The girl is my sister's daughter, Bethanie. The boys are my grandsons, Brandon and Philip. Philip is on medicine for seizures, too. EW: So basically you have five kids and three of them take medicine. You haven't gone crazy yet? ES: No, not quite yet. EW: So back to Annie. Do you know why she has her disabilities? ES: Her biological mother did a lot of drugs and had no prenatal care. EW: Wow, it must hurt to find out that your baby was treated so badly. ES: Yes, Because I deal with the results of her mother's stupidity. EW: So do you have any help? ES: Yes, my husband and my sister help. EW: OK, so Mrs. Selph, thank you for your time. ES: No problem, thank you.