By:
On:
In: Blog
Tagged: , , ,

As EB Awareness week is approaching, I always hear the “numbers” of EB being floated around. One official website states the incidence of EB  is 1 out of every 20,000 births. Another official website states One in about 17,000 live births. Yet another official website states 1 in 50,000. The truth is, most likely nobody knows for “sure”. I am telling you this because I remember quite clearly a gal that was a waitress at an EB event who then went toRead More →

By:
On:
In: Blog
Tagged: , , ,

If there was one thing I’ve been criticized endlessly for, and for which I’ve stood my ground over and over again, is my need to bandage Nicky. I wrote extensively about it in my book (Butterfly Child), but I feel the need to make my feelings more “public”, so to speak, because, once again, I was attacked for it, merciless. I am not sure why people I do not know, who very obviously (having met them or seen their pics) areRead More →

By:
On:
In: Blog
Tagged: , , , , ,

For the past few years now I’ve been mixings things up to put on Nicky’s wounds and I do believe I have a good mixture of ingredients now that has helped his wounds in ways no other single item has before. It all got started a couple of years ago when a friend suggested “Medihoney“. Since another EB mom I love had great success with honey for healing wounds, I was eager to try it. But it was too sticky.Read More →

By:
On:
In: Blog
Tagged: , , , ,

If there was one question that I was asked more than any other in regards to my son’s condition is why he and others with RDEB look so pale and why they don’t seem to age per se, they always look very young. Even when Nicky was interviewed by FOX11 earlier last year, the most pressing question that came to me from the reporter and later by some of the followers of Nicky’s page is why Nicky looked so young.Read More →

By:
On:
In: Blog, Nicky's Life
Tagged: , ,

September 2003 – Nicky wasn’t quite 7 years old when his little brother Connor was born. Nicky would spend a lot of time just staring at him in awe! He was so happy when he was born that at the hospital he told me he was so happy he now had “a little brother to love”. These two are best pals till this day and I know they will be pals forever. More of Nicky’s story in the book… ThankRead More →

By:
On:
In: Blog
Tagged: , ,

Last night Nicky started crying in my arms. “I can’t do anything mamma, what am I going to do after I get my diploma?”. He has only 4 credits left and school is so hard for him, he is not interested in going to College. He told me he would go to culinary school if he’s ever “cured” or if his life will be made simpler by him being able to walk and use his hands normally, which right nowRead More →

By:
On:
In: Blog
Tagged: , ,

If there is something that is prevalent in our society, is the saying to those that suffer: “Hang in there, things will get better”, which is fine and dandy if it’s said to someone whose condition will, indeed, get better. When you have a child with a “terminal” condition, however, (Nicky has the Recessive Dystrophic form of Epidermolysis Bullosa-Hallopeau Siemens subtype) a child that gets worse and worse all the time, when I hear that somewhat canned statement, while onRead More →

By:
On:
In: Blog
Tagged: , , ,

As I posted yesterday, wound pics generate a barrage of negative comments on Facebook, they usually end up being reported and deleted, which is why I don’t post them there anymore. It’s just not worth getting banned over them when I can just post them here. This is EB-more specifically, Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa-Severe Generalized subtype. This is what my son has. I know very well how upsetting these photos are. They upset me greatly. However, what other way isRead More →