Head to the mountain, take a Walk with a Doc

The second annual Walk with a Doc: Kids Time will kick off June 10 and run the second Sunday of each month through September. Families with children and local pediatricians will take part in free 45-minute guided walks. At 10 a.m. June 10, walkers will gather at Spring Mountain Visitors Gateway, 2525 Kyle Canyon Road on Mount Charleston. A local doctor will speak briefly on bicycle and pedestrian safety before the walk begins. Subsequent walks are planned July 8 and Aug. 12 at Mount Charleston and Sept. 9 at Springs Preserve. The series is hosted by the Nevada chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Submit event information at health@reviewjournal.com. approved for a surgery on her hip and knee.

The help was life-changing, said Lindley, who wouldn’t be able to walk or write if she hadn’t had the procedures. Nor would she have been able to enjoy archery — she shoots arrows with her mouth, thanks to help and imagination from an instructor at Pacific Archeryinlasvegas.

“If Miracle Flights wasn’t there, I wouldn’t have been able to get the medical care that I have gotten,” she said. “I wouldn’t have been able to go out of state to have all the surgeries I have had … so I don’t know if I would be as good off as I am today if it wasn’t for Miracle Flights.”

Seven Miracle Flights representatives attended Lindley’s graduation at Orleans Arena on Thursday, to see off the young woman they’d met as a little girl.

They held up a poster with “Congrats Jessica” written in green and pink marker as she walked across the stage in a white robe and accepted her diploma, which she earned with advanced honors.

“What we do is lifesaving for some of these children,” said Miracle Flights’ senior executive assistant Vanessa Moreno. “It’s just amazing to see the young woman she has become.”

Contact Jessie Bekker at jbekker@reviewjournal.com or 702-380-4563. Follow @jessiebekks on Twitter.