ANAHEIM – When Jessica Robinson looks at her 19-month-old daughter Harper, she sees some of the same traits that have helped her husband, Shane, forge his way to back to the major leagues.
“She’s just like Shane,” Jessica said. “She operates with a chip on her shoulder. She fights pretty well for herself. You’d never know what she’s been through.”
Harper was born with esophageal atresia, a condition in which the esophagus doesn’t connect to the stomach. Harper has had nearly 40 surgeries, including 10 major procedures in which doctors have opened up her chest or abdomen.