Busy week ahead

Not only do we have the big fundraiser on Monday afternoon, but Hannah is also getting her Cerezyme treatment at the same time.  She made a huge impression at the school last week with the kids, but I think we are going to let her be more low-key on Monday, as her treatments seem to […]

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Sea of Denim at Vanderburg Elementary School!

The World Rare Disease Day event at the kids’ school was a HUGE success.   I would even dare to say it was a massive, extraordinary, amazing success. When we got to the school with Hannah at 1:30 pm, we saw quite a few kids playing on the playground.  About 90% of them were wearing […]

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The Protalix/FDA denial for Gaucher drug

The FDA denied Protalix’s new Gaucher drug this past week.   I have received a number of emails from people asking me how this affects Hannah. This has no affect on Hannah at all.  This drug is designed only for type 1 and would not even be an option for Hannah. Unfortunately, no one is working […]

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Fox 5 interview – here it is!!

Of course, I am horribly critical of myself, but I think I did a decent job on this interview (but boy do I look old and tired in this 4-minute piece!).   I haven’t figured out how to embed it in here yet, but hopefully I can get a digital copy of it so I […]

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Fox 5 Morning Interview!

Hannah and I did our interview this morning on Fox 5 morning news with Jason at 7:45 am. I am nervous about seeing the playback because I was beyond exhausted since I haven’t been to sleep since I woke up at 1 pm yesterday since I still had to do Hannah’s night nursing last night. […]

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Favorite Hannah Videos (reminiscing time)

I have been getting so wrapped up in all the events for the next few days that I took some time going back through some of the videos of Hannah I have taken over the past two years.   She is so dang cute!   It is hard because I can see the disease progression […]

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