side of the head and the arm.
Tillie was arrested and is currently serving a 60-year prison sentence for kidnapping, child abuse, and attempted murder.
Doctors told Parker that her heroic little daughter, who was shot six times, would never walk or talk again.
But Alexis has surprised people with her gritty toughness. She’s not only walking and talking but also made a full recovery. Alexis endured two painful months in the hospital and underwent six surgeries.
Despite losing her right eye and having to endure multiple surgeries, Alexis is more resilient than ever.
“Her life should turn out really good. She wants to go to college and she wants to prepare herself to get a job,” her grandfather Normal Samuel said. “I am very happy, everything should turn out wonderful.”
“I saved my mom,” she said after getting out of surgery 12 years ago.
Parker has endless gratitude for her selfless daughter.
“She’s my angel and I love her to death,” she said.
And on her high school graduation night, the now 19-year-old shared some valuable and wise advice for world we are currently living in: “We can get through it. Believe in yourself.”