Toddler has been dealing with a lot, along with seizures!

Mary Hable is a happy little girl about to turn four. Six months ago she cleared one of childhoods' major hurdles when she learned to walk. Most children walk earlier, but her parents could not be prouder or her big accomplishment.You see walking is just one hurdle of the many that Mary has already cleared."Mary has Tuberous Sclerosis Complex which is a genetic disorder that causes tubers and tumors to grow on the major organ groups.

"As a newborn, the tubers on Mary's brain began causing seizures. Not knowing what they were the Hables photographed one of the episodes.Her dad, Jim Hable, remembers those early days well, "We noticed that she was having a strange look on her face and her hand started coming up . We brought her to Childrens' the next day she was diagnosed.

"What does the diagnosis of "TS" mean for Mary? No one can really say because TS manifests itself in so many different ways. Jim says the disease is a great unknown, "Mary's seizures could stop tomorrow and a year and a half from now they could start again or she could have kidney failure or she could be a young woman and have a lung collapse or she could have major skin problems. You just don't know.?"

Despite two brain surgeries Mary still seizes about five times a day. For now, that means she learns things like walking, more slowly because her brain is just so tired.But the Hables continue to have hope and set goals."It would just be the greatest gift if she could talk in sentences and we would able to have a conversation with her," said her mother, Eileen, who added, "I've just really learned to just cherish every little thing she does and not take anything for granted."