I am a parent to a daughter with genetic disorder 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (commonly known as DiGeorge syndrome). She was born on July 1, 2021 and diagnosed on July 23 through a chromosomal microarray blood test. The entire month of July was a whirlwind. Her health issues began with seizures… Read More
I am a mom of a beautiful rare and unknown disease warrior. Sarah is 10 years old and has been facing a disease that is unknown for two years. We are trying IVIG treatments, and if they don’t work, we are being sent to the National Institutes of Health (NIH)… Read More
I suffer from neuromyelitis optica, or NMO disease (sister of MS, also known as Devic syndrome) and chronic pain. I experienced my first attack in the summer and now am in the thick of my second one (a relapse), and… Read More
I was diagnosed with afibrinogenemia when I was just one day old. The day I was born my heel sticks would not stop bleeding, which immediately had the delivering doctor puzzled. I was then rushed to a different hospital, four… Read More
I was diagnosed with primary immunodeficiency when I was four years old. With primary immunodeficiency, the assumption is that “it’s just an infection” or that it’s normal because “kids get sick.” The problem was that I was never getting better and… Read More
