We have a treatment date!

Finally all the pieces have come together for a treatment date. Thank goodness email is free because otherwise the amount of communication between all the parties involved would have cost a pretty penny! Monday, February 9, 10 AM, for her first IV infusion for Cerezyme enzyme replacement therapy. We are doing it at the hospital’s […]

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Seriously Utah Representative Dougall???

As most of you know, Hannah’s upcoming medical treatments for life scare the heck out of me financially.  Not only do we have the stress of having the most severe form of Gaucher’s disease, regardless of type, but we also have the fear of type 3, one which will add neurologic problems and shorten Hannah’s […]

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Happy Birthday Hannah! You are 6 months old!

Wow! I can’t believe my beautiful baby girl is six months old today. Boy, did time fly! Her personality has definitely started to develop. She loves to smile, she is such a charmer, and she has the cutest laugh. I don’t know what it is with all my kids, but they have always loved other […]

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Love for a Little Sister

I just wanted to share these two pictures of Hannah with Little Girl A and Big Boy E. They absolutely adore their little sister, and these are not just a one-time snapshot. They represent a daily interaction between the three of them. As much as I’ve been avoiding showing Hannah’s big belly – her huge […]

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Just a simple touch

There were so many times during the past couple of months before we got our diagnosis that I feared losing Hannah within a matter of months. NPC scared the hell out of me. Not only would that disease take her away from me quickly, but it would do so in such a horrific and debilitating […]

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Appointments, Treatments, and Bills…Oh My!

Some days I feel like I make no progress.  Then there are days, like today, that I just feel completely overloaded.  To sum up…. Consultation with the hematologist/oncologist regarding a possible bone marrow transplant for Hannah.  When the lady called me to schedule the consult that Dr. G., the genetics doctor, recommended, I was taken […]

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