Wallingford girl, 5, battling serious brain disorder gets new best friend
Pam McLoughlin
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Vada Shapiro, 5, of Wallingford kisses her new puppy, Penny.Aliza Shapiro / Contributed photo
WALLINGFORD When Aliza Shapiro asked her ill 5-year-old daughter Vada, “If you could have anything you want, what would you have?” the child said, “a cookie.”
When told to give another answer, Vada responded, “a unicorn.”
Vada, who suffers from a rare, debilitating nervous system disorder involving a hemisphere of the brain, actually got her third choice a puppy. And now, she has something better than a cookie or unicorn Vada has “a best friend,” her mother said.