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October 22, 2014

Nicky’s Legs

Here’s the photos I promised yesterday when I updated Nicky’s CaringBridge Blog. Once again, I don’t post these lightly. I cringe a little. But there is truly no other way to show people what EB is. To understand EB. I want people to understand why Nicky is in so much pain....

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October 2, 2014

The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off

Ten years ago a documentary aired that I am yet to show Nicky and not sure I ever will.  I wasn’t even able to watch the whole thing in one sitting, I kept crying buckets and it took me three sittings to finish it. I guess you could say it hit...

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October 1, 2014

Giant Leaps for EB Awareness

This past year it seems as if giant leaps have been made for EB Awareness. As Julia Roberts would say: “HUGE”! I still can’t believe it. It’s happening. Not only Awareness is happening, a cure is closer than ever. I have to pinch myself! Last year, right around this time,...

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August 10, 2014

Legoland Love & Sad Reflections…

This past week we were fortunate enough to visit Legoland-a friend who did a fundraiser for us bought us the tickets, of which I will forever be grateful. I wish I could convey in words how much fun Nicky had in this trip and how nice everyone was to us...

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July 7, 2014

1/2,381,000

I got hit with a big blow yesterday, one I’ve known all along nonetheless. As the DNA results came back that Nicky did in late April at Stanford to find out if he’s eligible for the skin graft trials, I’ve been trying to decipher them myself. I will talk to...

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January 29, 2014

Under the Bandages

As many of you know, I don’t post photos of Nicky’s wounds on Facebook because they’ve been deleted many times because people “report’ them. I’ve been blocked and my account has even been suspended by my intent to simply show what EB is. People are disturbing and can be quite...

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November 5, 2013

Nicky’s Left Leg & The Deal With Walking

As per Nicky’s wishes, I am posting a few pictures I took a week ago of his left leg/foot. He’s been trying so hard to start walking again. Doctors and others have treated him as if it’s something so easy to walk, his EB team wants him to go to...

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August 5, 2013

Nicky’s left hand

I just wanted to make a quick post about Nicky’s left hand and show a couple of pictures.             This is Nicky’s left hand. This particular photo shows quite clearly his four fingers and the ‘pinky’ is all, as we say, “webbed in”. The index,...

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