title: For the Love of Aimee: A Memoir
author: Julie Matsushima
description: Aimee and her twin sister were the first grandchildren born to Julie Matsushima, but the familys joy at the birth quickly turned to panic when Aimee was diagnosed with irreparable brain damage. From those first heartbreaking days of Aimees life, as Julie sat at her bedside in the neonatal intensive care unit, a special bond formed between them. Even at only a day or two old, Aimee drew Julie in with a responsiveness that seemed to defy her grim diagnosis.For the Love of Aimee invites you to share in the disappointments, challenges, and amazing achievements Aimee and Julie experience as this grandmother and granddaughter embark on a journey to find a breakthrough for Aimee. As they travel around the world, seeking treatment and meeting many other families with children with disabilities, Aimees enthusiasm, confidence, sense of humor, and positivity profoundly affected all who witnessin disbeliefher astounding accomplishments.This incredible book will move and inspire you, particularly if your life has been touched by a child with special needs. Aimees extraordinary story shows that, without a doubt, supportive and involved parents and grandparents make every difference in the lives of children with disabilities.
zlib_text: Table of Contents
  Title Page
  About this title
  More from Aimee
  Dedication
  Chapter One
  Chapter Two
  Chapter Three
  Chapter Four
  Chapter Five
  Chapter Six
  Chapter Seven
  Chapter Eight
  Chapter Nine
  Chapter Ten
  Chapter Eleven
  Chapter Twelve
  Chapter Thirteen
  Chapter Fourteen
  Chapter Fifteen
  Chapter Sixteen
  
  Chapter Seventeen
  Chapter Eighteen
  Chapter Nineteen
  Chapter Twenty
  Chapter Twenty-One
  Meet Aimee:
  
  BOOK ONE: TANGLED BONDS
  AIMEE BRISSAY
  
  About this title
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are
  the product of the authors’ imagination or are used fictitiously, and any
  resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events
  or locales is entirely coincidental.
  Nature of the Beast Copyright ©2016 Aimee Brissay
  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in
  any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying,
  recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without the
  