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December 15, 2012

Questions Answered

Ever since the photographer started taking photos of Nicky for her/our photo-documentary about living with EB, a lot of questions about his health have surfaced-I will try to answer them here to the best of my ability. 1. Is his condition considered ‘lethal’. Nicky was diagnosed at birth with Epidermolysis...

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December 1, 2012

Kindred Spirits

I started taking Nicky to CHLA (Children Hospital Los Angeles) in the summer of 2004 when he was 8, following my attending the EB Patient Conference in Palo Alto, where I met a rather eloquent and “well versed in EB” hematologist who opened my eyes on something Nicky was dealing...

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