Category Archives: Rare Diseases

My “reality hits” moment that I had a special needs child

  We have known for a few months now that our 8-month-old Hannah has this neurodegenerative brain disease that was likely going to take her away from us in a few years. We know what the symptoms are, we know the process it is going to take…we know all of that. We know she is…

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Creating my own support system

Hannah will be 8 months old soon, and we have been dealing with her medical issues since her second day of life. She was about 2 months old once we started dealing with specialists who tested her for everything under the son.  However, it wasn’t until we met with her first genetics doctor that we realized…

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