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Schenck v. Knight
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December 18, 1957, and is 14 years of age; that her next oldest child Edward, was born January 11, 1959 and is now 13 years of age; that her next oldest child Debra Lynn, was born December 26, 1960, and is now 11 years of age, and her youngest child, Julia Ann, was born March 17, 1963, and is now 9 years of age.

As to the health of her children, Mrs. Brown testified on direct examination as follows:

"A. Well, starting with Donna her health is perfect. The only problem she has is her reading problem. She has a few little problems now that she—from childbirth—but she has no disease nor sickness that would keep her from school or anything. Eddie right now is having trouble. The doctor says that there is a possibility that he is on the seizure disorder, but they are trying to take a EEG if it's a possibility that it could be a brain tumor or blood clot. The boy did go into a seizure after he had one of his severe headaches that he's been having. Debbie—Eddie wears glasses. Debbie wears glasses. There's nothing else wrong with her. Eddie went—until he went out of school because of being sick, was a straight A student in school. Debbie doesn't do well in school but she's at the age where she's not interested. But sickness—Debbie just doesn't get sick. The only child that I have that's really sick is Julia Ann Schenck and she attends Faulkner County Day School for Crippled Children. She has cerebral palsy and she—her legs are weak and she has lost the use of one arm, but she's attended school for three years. She's been on medication ever since she was two years old. And she lives the life of a normal child actually.

Q. Have you spent considerable time taking this child to the Children's Clinic for braces and things of that kind?

A. Yes, sir, we took her to Greenville, South Carolina, one year, and she got her braces there at the Shriner's Hospital in Greenville, South Carolina. She's now