Our Baby Jasmine

Jasmine Lee Burke was born on May 5th, 2010 into a happy family who was waiting her arrival with joy...or so everyone thought...
Jasmine was severely abused by her father on July 18th, 2010…at the age of 2 months; she has had a life of trauma, hurt and pain. She was born a healthy happy baby. The dreams her family had for her were all crushed in one night. Jasmine was in the care of her father at the time of the abuse who claimed it was a drop. Jasmine was rushed to Denver Health and was resuscitated more than 3 times, once stabilized she was flight for lifed to Children’s Hospital. After she was evaluated, they determined it was not a drop; her father was arrested for child abuse resulting in severe bodily injury. This was only the beginning day after day, night after night, friends and family sat at the hospital praying she would make it. Rocky was kept in custody with the same charge. After many months have gone by Jasmine has now turned 2 years old, she cannot walk, talk, nor eat on her own. She still is making progress with the help of daily therapy. They said she would not live, thanks to the grace of God, she is still with us. Rocky was sentenced to 20 years for Child Abuse resulting in Severe Bodily Injury. This does not replace what he has done to this precious angel or what her and her mother go through on a daily basis-
special formulas, feeding equipment, special toys for therapy, special car seats and wheelchairs. Jasmine’s condition is considered TBI (traumatic brain injury), seizure disorder, feeding tube, cortical blindness and high risk for CP (cerebral palsy).