A girl heard that her brother needed an operation to avoid fully losing his hearing, but their parents barely made any extra money. She took money from her father’s secret stash to do something drastic. Her parents had no idea what would happen next. “Mr. and Mrs.
Collins, your son needs his operation urgently, or his hearing problems will get worse,” Dr. Marsh told Pauline’s parents. With the help of an American Sign Language translator employed by the clinic, Pauline and her brother Elan were both born with perfect hearing. Their parents, Xavier and Luna, were both deaf. However, Elan got a severe ear infection as a baby, and it became a chronic condition that led to partial hearing loss. Read the full story here ▶