You’ve heard it before…medical parenting is not for the faint of heart, medical parenting is a roller coaster. With hospitalizations come tests, and fear, and pain. After discharge, the family processes everything that just happened, the “new normal”. For some, this happens frequently. How do you manage the in-between hospital time, waiting for the next…
Welcome back everyone! We are so excited for Season FIVE of When Autumn Comes! It has been a summer and we have a lot to catch up on. Today, Susan fesses up about what happened at the end of season four. Season four ended? Why yes it did, but not in the way we intended….
Join us for the third annual camp: HOPE FULL. April 12-14, 2024. Proceeds from camp will go to the Apricity Hope Project to raise money for mitochondrial disease research AND AHP programs that will directly empower and encourage medical caregivers.
Whether you can join us in person or you are celebrating from a distance, please pencil us in for 7/7. This is the angel-versary of Lorelei Geoghegan, marking 2 years since she traded her super hero cape in for angel wings. Lorelei’s love was pure, unconditional and authentic. We encourage everyone to do a random…
On July 7, in honor of ‘Love Like Lorelei Day’, one lucky winner will take home a new 2023 Red Viper SS 2 Seat Compact Golf Cart! Tickets cost $35 for one entry or $100 for four entries. Online Ticket Sales END July 6 at 11:55 p.m.* CART DETAILS Description: While the Viper Carts USA…
For the last month the Apricity Hope Project team has worked to secure a perfect headquarters for our organization. As the executive director, founder of this nonprofit, and caregiver of two disabled children, I am taking my role incredibly seriously. As a medical mama for the last seven years, I have learned that sometimes we…
Seven years ago I was sitting in the NICU, holding my 5 pound baby, who seemed HUGE compared to the 2ish pounds she weighed at birth. I sat there terrified as I held her, cautious of her new feeding tube and her tiny leg that was wrapped in a hot, neon pink bandage. Seven years…
Merriam-Webster defines grief as “deep and poignant distress caused by or as if by bereavement” or “trouble, annoyance”. The American Psychological Association goes further to include, “Grief often includes physiological distress, separation anxiety, confusion, yearning, obsessive dwelling on the past, and apprehension about the future. Intense grief can become life-threatening through disruption of the immune…
Every family with medically complex children is impacted in some way by advances in medicine and therapy. Some have the benefit of recent developments. Others hope for cures and treatments on the horizon, yet just out of reach when they are needed most. At some point, do we all believe we will be the ones…
Since there are so many new faces around here, we want to be sure you know about the AHP @WhenAutumnComesPodcast. This podcast was started two years before the Apricity Hope Project began. Created by two mito mamas, Susan and Diane, to share stories and connect caregivers across the world. A fun fact about the name:…