Kelly Carr was ready for the next chapter of motherhood, as her child grew up and she could step back. That future vanished when her daughter, Angel Renteria, was hit by a drunken driver.
Three years later, a new normal has set in. In a quaint living room in Galt, Renteria laughs as she gestures from her wheelchair for her friends to sit down around her. Carr sits close by, adjusting her daughter’s clothes and gently wiping her face.
On March 14, 2022, Renteria never made it back from walking her dog just steps from home. She was 16. Today, she is 19 and lives with a traumatic brain injury and paralysis that left her with the mental capacity of an 8-year-old. Her mother left her nursing career to become Renteria’s full-time caregiver…