Tara Sharp helps her daughter, Ellie, 9-months-old, learn how to walk as their dog, Lonny, looks on at their home in Sebastopol, California on Tuesday, November 20, 2012. Ellie was born with a congenital heart defect called Tetralogy of Fallot and is thriving after a number of complicated surgeries. (BETH SCHLANKER/ The Press Democrat)
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