[MUSIC PLAYING] - I knew something was wrong. And even asked, is there something wrong with my baby? 

She needed plastic surgeons and she needed neurosurgeons, and there was nowhere in West Virginia that offered all of that. And so we were told she would be flown out to the University of Virginia. 

I guess I can't even really explain it. It just felt right, just felt like I was at the right place. 

- I got to know Savannah at an extremely young age. She was born with a deformity that was potentially threatening to her life, as well as her future development. 

- Each team came and talked to us, and we knew-- we were realistic. We knew what we were up against. We knew if she didn't have the surgery, she wasn't going to survive. But it was risky. But we were ready. 

- You have to tell the truth and say it's a serious situation. But not making the truth seem so frightening that they are discouraged. There is hope and obviously, there was hope. The years have proven that to be true. 

- I just remember-- oh, I mean, good memories like nurses. They had all these patients, but when they saw that one patient, when they saw me, it was like I was their only priority. They treated me as though I didn't look as bad as I know I did. They really cared and it's everybody at UVA. It's not just the nurses, just the doctors. Not just the team. It's everybody. 

- I was reading this chart and thinking, I'm not sure they have the right expectations. And it wasn't clear to me that walking was a realistic goal. 

- You take a doctor that is unfamiliar with Savannah, and he reads her medical records before he comes in and he will actually not know that that's her. And he'll say, you're Savannah? Because she projects herself, and it's just amazing. 

- I realized just how incredibly motivated she was. But more importantly, she came from a nurturing environment and had parents that were totally supportive and extremely intelligent, and understood what it was going to take for her to get better. 

- She surprised us with crutch walking, which we did not know would we ever see that. And so she walked her entire graduation with her crutches. It was my ugly cry moment, I call it. 

- I wasn't sure about being in the marching band. I wanted to, but I didn't know about the pushing and all that with my chair. And so Daddy called the director, and she was like, oh, yeah, yeah. I'm in the concert band, too. So I love every part of it. I mean, music is my passion. 

- The whole Tucker family is just a remarkable story. It's sometimes hard to convey how serious these deformities are. I mean, there was a point where Savannah almost died. It's remarkable how they've been able to raise her and allow her to be the person that she has become. 

- I'm a God fearing woman and you take what you're given and you realize that you can either be a miserable soul or you can be someone who really blesses people. 

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