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My name is Jenny Symons, but I prefer to call myself \u201cTROUBLE\u201d (a nickname given to me by my parents). I have Cerebral Palsy \u2013 a disability resulting from lack of oxygen to the brain in early childhood. In my case, the umbilical cord was wrapped around my neck during a very long labour.<\/p>\n

I have had this disABILITY all my life, and there is no \u201ccure\u201d – I have to live with it and make the most of my life. And I have! I\u2019ve won over a hundred medals as a swimmer and field & track athlete, have broken numerous SA records, hold five international medals and have broken two world records.<\/p>\n

I’ve worked as a public speaker, swum with dolphins, \u201crun\u201d the Argus, done a bungee jump \u2013 and whenever I could, I went to concerts & sports events, meeting various famous people like Sir Cliff Richard, John Denver, Air Supply, Bruce Millar, Jeremy Taylor, Kevin Curren, Johan Kriek and Christo van Rensburg, to name but a few. And in 1993 I started doing art.<\/p>\n

My parents were told I wouldn\u2019t reach 30. I am now 53.<\/p>\n

As some of you might know, my parents were amazing people. My father was a Local Preacher at PMC for almost 50 years. My mother was involved with The Ladies Groups, my brother Michael & I went right through Sunday school & we were both Confirmed here. My parents raised me to do anything a \u201cnormal\u201d kid would do and looked after me their whole lives. They refused to have me put in a Home. But unfortunately, they both died, my mom in 2008, my dad in 2012. I have sold the house and have rented a flat, but the inheritance I have been living off is shrinking fast.<\/p>\n

You see, Cerebral Palsy is a very, very expensive handicap (check that on google or Wikipedia!) I need R61 500 just to survive one month. Under “financial info” you will see a list of my expenses and you will see that there are no luxuries included- the main expense is for medication and my carers.<\/p>\n

I need 24 hour care. The problem is that my condition is so unusual, I will not get the care and medication I need in a state home.<\/p>\n

I only have money to last me for a few more months \u2013 that is why my friends have started a fundraiser and I am selling cards that I print myself.\u00a0In buying these cards, you ARE supporting me AND I REALLY, REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR IT.<\/p>\n

However, this is an ongoing struggle, and I would need to sell thousands of cards a month to keep going, which is unrealistic – even for me \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0So \u2013 if you find that you can part with a little more money to help me along, I would be very, very grateful indeed. All details under “financial info”.<\/p>\n

If you can’t contribute financially but want to help – I would really appreciate that too! Please look under “How can I help?”.<\/p>\n

Thank you! And, God bless!!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My name is Jenny Symons, but I prefer to call myself \u201cTROUBLE\u201d (a nickname given to me by my parents). I have Cerebral Palsy \u2013 a disability resulting from lack of oxygen to the brain in early childhood. In my case, the umbilical cord was wrapped around my neck during a very long labour. I … Continue reading Hello and thank you for visiting my website!<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ilovetrouble.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ilovetrouble.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ilovetrouble.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ilovetrouble.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ilovetrouble.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/ilovetrouble.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31,"href":"http:\/\/ilovetrouble.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/31"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ilovetrouble.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ilovetrouble.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ilovetrouble.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}