Spooner named ‘Hero of the Month’

Allison Spooner, 3, of Houlton was diagnosed with epilepsy in 2013. Along with taking medication daily, she travels to Maine Medical Partners Neurology in Scarborough frequently for continual care.
A single seizure will drain her of all energy causing this toddler to sleep the day away. Allison has also suffered a major seizure in which she stopped breathing. The magnitude of her seizures also makes her prone for Todd’s paralysis, a paralysis, which can cause weakness to one side of the body.
Allison, while not fully understanding of her condition, enjoys time with her grandparents, playing with her friends, outside trips to the park; watching Dora, My Little Pony and Jake the Pirate. She is described by her mother Leah Codrey as, “a very loving child who tries to live life to the fullest” and to date has been seizure free for 11 weeks!
Thanks to the generosity of the patrons of The Cubby Thriftstores, LLC the Cubby Fund was able to donate $100 to this young lady and as well as pay for her family to receive emergency care training. If you know of a child with a chronic or life threatening illness and would like to nominate them for the Hero of the Month program contact Cindy Johnson at 768-6200 or fill out a form on line at www.thecubby.org.