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Five million

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply May 16, 2013
  • Journal · 204 replies
  • Dear members, Yesterday, Inspire reached a milestone: five million posts written by members! Each of these posts, and the 700 million words they contain, are a simple measure of how much we all do to ...

Inspire has connected me with people who already have "inspired" me!

Jujusings
  • By Jujusings · New reply May 11, 2013
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • It might be because I have ADHD that I've jumped around from group to group reading others stories, so hey ADHD might not be so bad after all! I've already been uplifted and inspired by other moms with ...

A new Inspire report in collaboration with Stanford Medical School

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply May 5, 2013
  • Journal · 84 replies
  • As many of you know, Inspire has a professional collaboration with the Stanford University School of Medicine. Inspire members have written personal stories for the Stanford Scope column. I am pleased ...

PRAYERS FOR WACO TEXAS

ShelaKay42
  • By ShelaKay42 · New reply April 25, 2013
  • Journal · 11 replies
  • Our Family is Praying for the Victims of the Waco Texas Explosion. Our hearts go out to the families and community. PRAYING THAT THE FIREFIGHTERS WILL BE FOUND. Also continued Thoughts and Prayers for ...

Communicating on Horseback

SayitwithSymbols
  • By SayitwithSymbols · New reply April 24, 2013
  • Journal · 6 replies
  • Now that spring is coming and our kids can get out to enjoy more outside activities, thought I would share some ideas for therapeutic horseback riding. My son has been riding since he was 3! We have found ...

A special online chat--Autism in a Social Society

John2
  • By John2 · Posted April 19, 2013
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • From: John Novack, communications director, Inspire Dear members, Inspire is proud to band with its partner, the Center for Autism & Related Disorders (CARD), and with Montefiore Medical Center in New ...

The Inspire Q&A: Inspire talks with Deanna Attai, MD

John2
  • By John2 · New reply April 16, 2013
  • Journal · 16 replies
  • Dear members, We at Inspire are pleased to bring you the latest in a series of Q&A interviews with people who are making contributions to helping patients and caregivers worldwide. The people in this ...

ABR Test...

xkirchnerx
  • By xkirchnerx · Posted April 7, 2013
  • Discussion in Growth and development · 0 replies
  • Hi all, My 2 week old is taking a ABR hearing test after "REFERRING" on all of her previous tests. She jumps at the dogs bark, so that was reassuring for a bit. My wife and I are 1st time parents and ...

High white blood count?

lilyofthevalley218
  • By lilyofthevalley218 · Posted April 3, 2013
  • Discussion in Illnesses · 0 replies
  • Hi I am new to this group my question is about my 2 yr old daughter had blood work done to check her thyroid because she is two and just barely hit 20lbs last week. The doctor called this morning asking ...

Importance of 2nd Opinions

Pox1
  • By Pox1 · New reply March 31, 2013
  • Journal · 54 replies
  • I have gone through going on 41 years of having to find out the health issues that have plagued my family. When I say my family, I mean myself and 3 daughters. My whole life has been a fight for getting ...

Sweet's Syndrome & Ehlers-Danlos II

Pox1
  • By Pox1 · Posted March 30, 2013
  • Discussion in Illnesses · 0 replies
  • My daughters have had skin ulcers, lesions and systemic involvement. Just last week my 18 yr old had her biopsy done, and i'm waiting on my 9 yr olds ulcers to come back out so she can get hers too. My ...

3 kids & the fight for help EDS/Behcets/Sweet's Syndrome

Pox1
  • By Pox1 · New reply March 15, 2013
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • My youngest is now diagnosed with scoliosis, being sent to dermatology for biopsies, rheumatology for EDS, possible Sweet's and Behcet;s. She has had Dysuria, chronic bile reflux, diareah, and sores on ...

Tap or bottled water?

Nery2013
  • By Nery2013 · Posted February 22, 2013
  • Discussion in Nutrition · 0 replies
  • Hi everyone, I just wanted to get your opinions on drinking bottled water vs. tap water... What do you prefer to give your kids and why? Thank you ...

my daughter is 4 and have diabetes

Ramki
  • By Ramki · New reply February 14, 2013
  • Discussion in Nutrition · 4 replies
  • My wife and I are a bit ignorant to a diabetic diet we are now learn to prepare foods to suit her and we as well.But the difficult is how to make food exciting so it would not be boring ...

Working from the ground up: teaching a child to stand

healthinmotion
  • By healthinmotion · New reply February 7, 2013
  • Journal · 15 replies
  • Learning to stand, and eventually walk, is a major achievement in a child’s progress. Each step is important, and whether or not a child has Down syndrome or another condition, properly preparing him ...

The Inspire Q&A: Inspire talks with Lindsey Miller

John2
  • By John2 · New reply February 6, 2013
  • Journal · 13 replies
  • We at Inspire are pleased to bring you the latest in a series of Q&A interviews with people who are making contributions to helping patients and caregivers worldwide. The people featured in our Q&A series ...

2 1/2 year old boy 21 lbs

Wkg24
  • By Wkg24 · New reply January 23, 2013
  • Discussion in Growth and development · 7 replies
  • Hello, I am new to this group. I am the mother of four children, ages 2-6. Our youngest son is 2.5. I had a normal pregnancy and delivery and he weighed 7lb 7oz at birth. I am 5'4" and 118 and my husband ...

We're hiring!

Walter
  • By Walter · Posted January 22, 2013
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Hello everyone, We have a position open with our engineering team at Inspire, and I'd like to share the job description with you in the event you know just the person we're looking for. We found our most ...

Brother in hospital with similar symptoms

Pox1
  • By Pox1 · Posted January 18, 2013
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • My only brother has never gone through any health testing as my children an I have, but he is currently in the hospital an very ill. They are finding problems with his heart, lungs, possible neurological ...

Behcet's Yes or NO

Pox1
  • By Pox1 · New reply January 11, 2013
  • Journal · 15 replies
  • My doctors are confused by my diagnosis. I have late phase Sweet's Syndrome, born with the Congenital Varicella, Ehlers-Danlos and been diagnosed with BD, but some say yes and some say no. Sweet's Syndrome ...

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