Mothers who have just given birth expect to be tired and sore, but they also expect to be elated beyond their wildest dreams. Seeing their newborn baby for the first time is a moment of love that no one can ever fully explain to you; it must be something which you must experience yourself in […]

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We have all heard the expression that knowledge is power. Information is everything when it comes to making our way through the world. And while this information is certainly used on a personal level it is more poignant when it is used to protect someone we love. Pregnancy, for example, is one time period in […]

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There is literally nothing that a parent would not do to ensure that their child is always healthy. And if they do become ill, we would almost certainly trade places with them in order to take the pain away and let them live the life we know they were meant to live. As emotional a […]

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Having a child is a miraculous experience. The first days of being parent are mixed with feelings of excitement, stress, exhaustion, as well as pure joy and love. But when a newborn is affected by Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn, or PPHN, parents are faced with an overwhelming fear for the future […]

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If you have decided to become pregnant in the near future then you know there are many things to consider. For women, much of this consideration centers around the actual act of getting pregnant and they set to work calculating their monthly cycle, their ovulation, and their prime days of fertility – even months ahead […]

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It is alarming – when you really think about it – how very little we actually know about the medications that we take on a daily basis. Sure, they have been prescribed by a doctor and they are meant to treat a particular condition; and, if we are lucky, there are no side effects to […]

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We all need someone to fight on our side every now and again. For those of us in a particularly vulnerable situation – facing our own illness or the illness of someone we love – the need for assistance is great, especially that assistance that comes with understanding, knowledge, and a plan of action.
Those families […]

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When we are wronged in some way we often try to find justification for the event. And in some cases we may even seek financial restitution from those who have wronged us – especially if their actions caused us or someone we love to be hurt or become ill. There is nothing worse than knowing […]

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In the last post we discussed the importance of information gathering when it comes to being advocates for our medical care – as well as the medical care required by those that we love. Being thrown into a medical crisis, such as that experienced with a baby diagnosed with Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn […]

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