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Journals

We miss you, Alex

Feistylioness78
  • By Feistylioness78 · Posted November 5, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • Yesterday was you 2nd b-day and you were only with us a short time. You left us 2 years ago today. We love you and miss you, love mommy, daddy and your brothers ...

Happy Birthday!!!

Feistylioness78
  • By Feistylioness78 · Posted November 4, 2009
  • 5 replies
  • Today is Brennan's and Christian's 2nd birthday ...

Hyperinsulinism

Hyperinsulinism
  • By Hyperinsulinism · Posted October 7, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • What is Congenital HI? Congenital hyperinsulinism (HI) is a disorder in which the insulin cells of the pancreas (beta cells) secrete too much insulin and at the wrong time. Excess insulin causes low blood ...

Alicia Journey with Congenital Hyperinsulinism

Hyperinsulinism
  • By Hyperinsulinism · Posted September 10, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • Congenital hyperinsulinism (excessive insulin production) is the most common cause of persistent or recurring hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) in infancy. Many infants and children affected with any of ...

add me on facebook....

MiracleX2
  • By MiracleX2 · Posted September 9, 2009
  • 6 replies
  • so I would like to invite all of you wonderful women to add me on facebook, that way to keep better connections and you can find out more about me and vice versa. Melissa Overy on facebook ...

Accomplished...

MiracleX2
  • By MiracleX2 · Posted September 6, 2009
  • 5 replies
  • I must say at this very moment I feel like the proudest mom in the world!!! Dom just now I layed on his stomach and he went from looking like doing a pushup to sitting. The very 1st time he has ever sat ...

Super Keegan Chronicles #1 8/25/09 -- From the Beginning

PoeDunk
  • By PoeDunk · Posted August 25, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • I'm glad I found this site, because at the Children's hospital we are the only Neuroblastoma patients, and it's hard. Yes there are a lot of other Cancer patients there, many are leukemia patients, and ...

Scheduled maintenance this evening

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted August 10, 2009
  • 13 replies
  • All, Inspire will be performing database updates this evening starting at 8:00 Eastern. We expect the updates to take no more than 2 hours and the site will be unavailable at this time. We thank you for ...

please join us

mommieslittleman
  • By mommieslittleman · Posted June 16, 2009
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  • would love for all you to come on over and visit our page, would love to have you come visit, pretty much a home away from home, just like here and face book it is another place to come and visit to share ...

Please join us

mommieslittleman
  • By mommieslittleman · Posted June 16, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • I would like you all to join us at Preemie Central on Ning, I Created this site to offer a place like this one and face book as a way of having more then one place to go when you need someone to talk ...

Share your story via video!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted June 15, 2009
  • 28 replies
  • Sometimes the most powerful message each of us can share is our personal story -- our own experience. With upcoming healthcare legislation pending, one way we can be advocates is to share these stories ...

Follow Inspire on Twitter and Facebook!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted June 10, 2009
  • 32 replies
  • We're happy to announce that you can now stay in touch with what's happening at Inspire by following us on both Twitter and Facebook. While Inspire communities are still the best places to connect with ...

Meet Jc

Hyperinsulinism
  • By Hyperinsulinism · Posted June 3, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • I would like to introduce myself, my name is JC. I am the youngest of three with two older sisters, Becca 6 and Marisa 5. I was born in June 2008 and weighed in at 8 lbs 12 ozs at only 37 weeks. I arrived ...

back on the moniter again

mommieslittleman
  • By mommieslittleman · Posted May 29, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • The neonalogist and the pediatrician put Noah back on the moniter he went awhile without having blue spells till recently he started all over with the blue spells again, can it get any better? Dawn ...

Guestbooks are now live!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 26, 2009
  • 6 replies
  • Hello everyone, Last week we mentioned that we'd be adding guestbooks to Inspire in the near future, and they are now live! We're very excited about this feature and hope you enjoy it. To check out your ...

Guestbooks - An exciting addition to Inspire

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 20, 2009
  • 35 replies
  • Hello everyone, We're writing to let you know about a great new feature we'll be adding to Inspire in the very near future: guestbooks. This is a feature that many of you have requested, and we're very ...

Moms, you rock!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 1, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • Looking for a unique and extraordinary way to say "thank you" to your mom? In honor of Mother's Day, good friend of Inspire Dr. Gwenn (of http://www.PediatricsNow.com and http://www.DrGwennIsIn.com) will ...

weight loss

Feistylioness78
  • By Feistylioness78 · Posted April 28, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • Took C to the pedi today and he lost 3 ounces. Two weeks ago he had gained 8 ounces. He is now 17.13. He will be referred to the ftt clinic and she also wants him to get and upper GI done. I have no idea ...

Meet Katie

Hyperinsulinism
  • By Hyperinsulinism · Posted April 26, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • In late October 2006 Katie was diagnosed with Hyperinsulinism, a genetic disorder that causes the pancreas to produce too much Insulin. Increased insulin production can lead to low blood glucose levels ...

Bren's page

Feistylioness78
  • By Feistylioness78 · Posted April 24, 2009
  • 1 reply
  • I started a caring bridge page to help people understand more of course it didn't work but I can keep people who do get it up to dated and my family as well. http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/brenny ...

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