Episode 59: Mother’s Day Pep Talks

Stephanie is a medical, special needs mama from Texas.  When her daughter Addie was born, she entered parenthood on the front row of the NICU Rollercoaster.  When facing the unexpected dips and twists and stops and gos of the coaster – Stephanie and her family decided they were not going to let Addie’s medical conditions,…

Amy from Floyo Travel is opening up and sharing all of her tips and tricks when it comes to communication while on vacation. We talk about communication for our nonverbal children, but also communication roles as parents and caregivers.   Topics discussed that you do not want to miss: Links and resources: Make sure you hit…

We can all agree that medicine has come a long way in recent decades. Parents can now receive some diagnoses before their child is even born and receive treatments that didn’t exist prior.  Within our society, though there is still a lot of work to do, there have been changes as well. In 1975, the…

Today Aubree joins us as we all talk about what “re-entry” looks like for our immunocompromised, medically complex families as COVID precautions are rolling back and the world is returning to some form of normal.  Topics we talked about that you do not want to miss: How our family has been affected  Post-Pandemic anxieties Empathy,…

We know that it is scary to learn that your child(ren) may need extra pieces of medical equipment to survive. Medical technology should never be positioned to us as a “last resort” when in reality it is often life saving game changers for our kids. Tia is here, sharing her family’s story. I met Tia…

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…