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Weston’s Journey: A Story of Hope, Strength, and Advocacy

Weston was born late September 2022, in a little hospital near Monterey, CA. When they placed him into our arms, we were surrounded by grimaced… Continue reading Weston’s Journey: A Story of Hope, Strength, and Advocacy

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From Cushing’s to Addison’s journey

Hi! I was diagnosed with a Cushing’s tumor in 2017 after two terrible years of mysterious and painful symptoms. I finally found my way to… Continue reading From Cushing’s to Addison’s journey

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Losing our 12 year old daughter to Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

Adriana started feeling sick when we were spending Christmas in Puerto Rico with family. I flew back to Cleveland with her and went straight to… Continue reading Losing our 12 year old daughter to Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

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MON HISTOIRE

Permettez-moi également de partager avec vous un aperçu de mon parcours personnel, qui me motive d’autant plus à participer à cette conférence. À l’âge de… Continue reading MON HISTOIRE

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Surviving Life with Multiple Rare Diseases

I am Erin, an experienced Service Dog Handler. I currently have a Service Dog. We have been a team for 8 years. He will be… Continue reading Surviving Life with Multiple Rare Diseases

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CVS

Hi everyone I was diagnosed with a rare condition called CVS its horrible to live with

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An Interesting Case

My name is Jessa, I’m 18, and I have multiple rare diseases with unknown genetic causes. One is Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), a connective tissue disorder… Continue reading An Interesting Case

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“My Destiney”

This story is about my daughter Destiney. Destiney was diagnosed with a very rare genetic disorder “proponic acidemia” in 1985. She passed away in December… Continue reading “My Destiney”

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Emyrson’s story

My son, Emyrson was born with Dravet syndrome, a rare genetic lifelong condition that causes prolonged seizures. At his first vaccinations, it caused him to… Continue reading Emyrson’s story

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