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Good News About Frankie

FrankiesAuntie
  • By FrankiesAuntie · New reply September 21, 2009
  • Journal · 3 replies
  • Hey every one I visited with my nephew Frankie yesterday he is looking good considering all he has gone through. Frankie got moved out of ICU today & moved to another floor. We are so thrilled. Praise ...

Update On Frankie.

FrankiesAuntie
  • By FrankiesAuntie · New reply September 19, 2009
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • Frankie is still in ICU fighting it has been a battle but he is stong. "Frankie can do all things through Christ who strengthens him" Phillipians 4:13 I visited Frankie this past Monday, he no longer ...

The power of prayer!

FrankiesAuntie
  • By FrankiesAuntie · New reply September 17, 2009
  • Journal · 15 replies
  • I am so amazed with the power of prayer God is doing great things for my nephew Frankie who has meningitis & encephalitis. I went to go see him in the hospital yesterday & it's amazing to see how we almost ...

My 2 Year Old Daughter Died from Encephalitis

lbecker
  • By lbecker · New reply September 14, 2009
  • Journal · 30 replies
  • Hello, I am new here and was wondering if anyone has lost a child due to encephalitis. On May 29 I found my healthy 2 year old daughter in her crib in the middle of a seizure. She was unresponsive so ...

vacation

petersencm
  • By petersencm · New reply August 29, 2009
  • Discussion in Encephalitis · 2 replies
  • Hello all - My family and I just got back from a very nice week long vacation along the Washington and Oregon coast. I couldn't help but hear from others how vacations are for them. I think so much, I ...

FACES Program now available!

IngridGuerci
  • By IngridGuerci · Posted August 28, 2009
  • Discussion in In the news · 0 replies
  • Discussion in Life after encephalitis · 1 reply Do you want a peek at what we will be doing at FACES? Want to print off our FACES Program? Click http://www.encephalitisglobal.org/FACES% 202009%20Program.doc ...

Guestbooks are now live!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · New reply August 15, 2009
  • Journal · 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 ...

Scheduled maintenance this evening

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · New reply August 12, 2009
  • Journal · 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 ...

New here

kelsieann2006
  • By kelsieann2006 · New reply August 11, 2009
  • Journal · 8 replies
  • Hi all im new here and I was looking for some new friends and also to learn about meningitis and encephalitis. I had them both about 3 yrs ago and honestly i have not done a lot of researching. All i ...

Neurology Now -- my letter to the editor got published!!

IngridGuerci
  • By IngridGuerci · Posted August 6, 2009
  • Discussion in In the news · 0 replies
  • Neurology Now July/August 2009; Volume 5(4); p 6 Guerci, Ingrid R. Tarrytown, NY Please let your readers (and doctors) know about encephalitis. I was lucky to be diagnosed right away by a wonderful neurologist ...

Update on Faces to Faces

IngridGuerci
  • By IngridGuerci · Posted August 2, 2009
  • Discussion in In the news · 0 replies
  • 0 Recommendations Recommend Print Report post A number of people have mentioned their concern about the cost to stay in the Excalibur Hotel, and the cost to fly, to attend the FACES Conference. Please ...

FACES 2009

IngridGuerci
  • By IngridGuerci · New reply July 25, 2009
  • Discussion in Family and friends · 1 reply
  • Hope to see all of you there! There is nothing more special than meeting other survivors and caregivers at our annual meeting. Start planning now. Ingrid http://www.encephalitisglobal.org/FACES2 009Conference.asp ...

Share your story via video!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · New reply June 23, 2009
  • Journal · 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 ...

I Thought West Nile was in Egypt!

jules13
  • By jules13 · New reply June 16, 2009
  • Journal · 14 replies
  • Yeah, I got bit. I got the fever. I got the rash. Now I have brain damage! My kids think I've lost my mind...I have. I can't remember @#$%!! Yesterday I nearly ran a red light downtown. I was in the car ...

Follow Inspire on Twitter and Facebook!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · New reply June 12, 2009
  • Journal · 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 ...

Guestbooks - An exciting addition to Inspire

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · New reply June 9, 2009
  • Journal · 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 ...

Meningitus (Viral) -- Questions

dbrowncsuaedu
  • By dbrowncsuaedu · Posted May 31, 2009
  • Discussion in Meningitis · 0 replies
  • I have been diagnosed with VM. Symptoms -- low grade fever (range 99.5-101.5), morning headache, cannot function in morning -- sleep until about noon. Only medications: Motrin -- two every four hours ...

Moms, you rock!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 1, 2009
  • Journal · 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 ...

POST E

GailVS
  • By GailVS · New reply April 21, 2009
  • Discussion in Encephalitis · 1 reply
  • Hi I am 16 and 14 years post E. Things have been pretty satic for years now. Presently in PT for foot drop, getting electric stim to stimulate leg muscles. Battle daily the idea that this is now me ...

Encephalitis Global's FACES Conference

IngridGuerci
  • By IngridGuerci · Posted April 20, 2009
  • Discussion in In the news · 0 replies
  • FACES is our Annual Encephalitis Conference, where survivors and caregivers share information and support in a friendly, non-threatening circle of friends who understand. Hot off the press! Click http://www.encephalitisglobal.org/FACES2 ...

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