Lyric Washington-Gaw's, right, could barely make it up the steps in her family's home before she was hospitalized in December of 2015. She and her mother, Letitia Washington-Roberson, left, are still celebrating her miraculous recovery.(Photo: Keith Myers, TNS) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Every day for many weeks, Letitia Washington-Roberson kept vigil at her daughter’s hospital bedside, praying for improvement, peppering doctors with questions and whispering positive phrases into her daughter’s ear.