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Brennan has helped to save other babies like him.

Feistylioness78
  • By Feistylioness78 · Posted yesterday at 2:17 am
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  • Bren's primary nurse got in contact with me so that she could see Brennan. She has not seen him since July. She was impressed with how both boys were doing. Brennan is a little nutty but who can blame ...

Why are we here?

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply November 28, 2008
  • Journal · 134 replies
  • When we started this community, each of us faced important health issues in our lives. Some of us have family members with medical conditions. Many of us have medical conditions of our own. All of us ...

One year ago today...

junimead
  • By junimead · New reply November 21, 2008
  • Journal · 12 replies
  • I was sitting at this very computer looking up some silly thing or another when I started to feel faint and get the then ever increasing chest pains. A painfully long trip to the emergency room via ambulance ...

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY BRENNAN AND CHRISTIAN

Feistylioness78
  • By Feistylioness78 · New reply November 10, 2008
  • Journal · 10 replies
  • You are our little miracles. You have made it to one year and we have all survived. It is raining as if the angels and Alex are crying. We love you ...

Excuse Me!!

Feistylioness78
  • By Feistylioness78 · New reply November 9, 2008
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • Ever since I moved in I have had issues with our neighbors downstairs. I knew the day would come when they would complain about Christian. I had already told the guard that he like to kick when he lies ...

Lily's progress

LilyMaesmommy
  • By LilyMaesmommy · New reply November 1, 2008
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • Last night at about 1:30 am the doctor called. Lily has been having a few breathing problems and some other issues. Over the past week they have been constantly going up and down on her high flow and ...

Hello everyone

Josie26
  • By Josie26 · Posted October 22, 2008
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Hi I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has seen me through some really tough times. Although I know the battle has just begun, it is great to know that although the people who I though would ...

Keeping Hope Alive!

mthompson
  • By mthompson · Posted October 20, 2008
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  • I just wanted to share a resource with everyone that has children or know a child that may not be living the lifestyle that you hoped. This book reaches out to anyone who knows someone who is involved ...

The boys are doing great

Feistylioness78
  • By Feistylioness78 · New reply October 17, 2008
  • Journal · 11 replies
  • Brennan goes off the vent twice a day for four hours and loves. He actually gets upset when they put in back on. He has been taken off of 4 of his meds and being weaned off of another. He will be getting ...

Online counselling available...

mthompson
  • By mthompson · Posted September 17, 2008
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  • I really appreciate this website because it gives everyone a safe place to chat, vent, meet new people and be themselves. I'm glad to be apart of that and do my part however possible. I offer counselling ...

Once upon a time...

mthompson
  • By mthompson · New reply September 16, 2008
  • Journal · 2 replies
  • I was once tagged as a "teen mom" and it brought me much shame and embarassment as I was always seen as the responsible one. But through it all, although I had hard days, I could never see getting pregnant ...

I'm Back!

CoastalCoreKayla
  • By CoastalCoreKayla · New reply July 30, 2008
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  • Hey everyone, I'm finally back. My computer was down for a while and then after that I had a ton of wedding stuff to do. I'm officially a wife as of July 13th! In other family news, my daughter is turning ...

Sometimes we make mistakes

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply May 27, 2008
  • Journal · 35 replies
  • Two months ago, when we launched Inspire 2.0, we added a group called 'Team Inspire'. We did this with the best intentions: we wanted the group to be a space for new members to get oriented, ask questions ...

Illness and mothering

CoastalCoreKayla
  • By CoastalCoreKayla · New reply May 25, 2008
  • Discussion in Raising kids · 2 replies
  • I stumbled across this group while reading a post in the Stop Sarcoidosis group. I have an 8 month old daughter and I also have a disease called sarcoidosis. It makes me very tired and I have aches and ...

Welcome from TeamInspire!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · New reply April 7, 2008
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  • Hello, old friends and new. Today is a big day for us! We have made numerous improvements to your community, most that were suggestions from you. As you can see the site is very different then before ...

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