Where we are at now

Wow, it is amazing what a change of scenery can do for the psyche, you know?  We made it home from Vegas, and it was great spending time with my husband’s family and meeting my new little niece.  She is just so adorable (and so little – 8 weeks old!).  It was nice letting down […]

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Jordell…The beginning

Guest post by Nichole, Mom to Jordell with Gaucher’s Disease type 3 Jordell was always a normal little boy but seemed to have a big tummy and was sick alot. All the doctors said it was normal and he would just grow into his tummy. When he went for his 18 month check up I […]

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My sleeping girl

It is weird being in Vegas this time.  We usually go twice a year to visit my inlaws, and each time, Daddy and I set aside a certain amount for gambling.  You know, the amount we are willing to lose without feeling guilty.  This year, we knew we couldn’t gamble because of our current financial […]

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Hannah’s first plane ride!

We are here in Vegas. (No, not “Vegas” with the flashy lights, but the residential side of Vegas where my inlaws live – it is so funny how everyone assumes you are going to “Vegas” when they ask!). My inlaws put us up in a hotel not far from their house to give us a […]

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Third Cerezyme treatment completed!

We seem to be getting into a routine already with Hannah’s Cerezyme enzyme replacement therapy treatments. I leave the house around 7:45 AM or so, drop Abby off at preschool, and then head downtown to the hospital. The last couple of times, I have gotten there around 9:30 AM. We park in the clinical care […]

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Power of positive thinking

I’ve been feeling very down and overwhelmed these last few days.  I haven’t been taking care of myself at all…I’m at my highest weight ever, I have started really not caring about what I look like when I go out in public, and I just don’t pay attention to the things I need to do […]

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