A Mother's Journey
My heartfelt book, Losing Alex, which I wrote after the loss of my first baby, Alex, who was stillborn at full term, is now officially an AudioBook and I couldn't be more proud and humbled by the amazing voice of Marsha Waterbury, for lending her talents for my story.
One of the most frustrating parts of having a child with EB is that I often felt as if I was abandoned. Not only abandoned because I had nobody to help me with his extreme needs, but abandoned by society in general. So much is available for families that have...
I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone that left very sweet comments on my Caringbridge post (dated November 2013). The guestbook does not give me an option to reply, so, to all that did leave me sweet messages, thank you. In time of need I know I have...
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...
As some of you may know, I’ve been a rather active advocate for EB, or, rather, Epidermolysis Bullosa, my son’s skin disorder, since he was born. I am in the process of writing my book, Butterfly Child, which is the story of my son’s life with EB and I am...
Hello friends, family and everyone interested in seeing how Nicky’s left hand surgery went! I finally have time to do this blog post… Here Goes! This photo below is a photo of his hand BEFORE surgery. It shows quite clearly his four fingers and the ‘pinky’ is all, as we say,...
There seem to be a little confusion on what books are being made right now about Nicky, so I am here to clear things up a bit. Nicky is, of course, my son. He was diagnosed at birth with Epidermolysis Bullosa, the Recessive Dystrophic form. As devastating as this diagnose...
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,...
I had a great friend yesterday ask me if I could write a blog about how people should handle things when they see a child that is disabled. Different. What do they say to the parent? Anything? Should they avoid the child or engage? What’s the appropriate thing to do?...
I was deep into reading a wonderful book wrote by a local mother whose daughter had brain cancer and something she said hit me like a ton of bricks. And not in a good way. Without admittedly doing any research on her own, or talking with other parents in similar...
Last night I came across an old blog of mine circa 2001, and the words I spoke on that blog are as true today as they were back then. I am not sure if I am sad that my attitude has not changed, or happy to know I was right...
I was changing Nicky’s gauze last night, once again being amazed of how much certain types of gauze helps or protects Nicky’s skin and I wished the myself of today could not only advise the me of 16 years ago, but actually hand over the supplies to do it. If...
I just noticed that I haven’t posted any ‘wound pics’ of Nicky in a while, so I picked about 4 that I took in the past 2 months. For those that are unfamiliar with my son’s struggles, he was diagnosed at birth with EB-short for Epidermolysis Bullosa. When he was...
