Trevor
Maybe it’s the 24-hour flu. This is what Erin Simmons initially thought when her 8-year-old son Trevor’s school called her late in the morning on Jan. 25, 2017. “He doesn’t look good,” the nurse said. Simmons cut out of a conference call early to pick him up. It was a Wednesday. And it was flu […]
Lucas
What made him sick? Was it still in my house? Was I still feeding it to my family? Was my daughter next? The fear and anxiety spilled over to all of us. Our 10 year old son, Lucas, is an active, healthy boy that typically eats well with very few food aversions. So, having very […]
Charles
The evening of June 3rd, 2016, was like any other Friday – after work we headed home and ordered out. My husband Charles, who was 49 at the time, called a favorite pizza place in our hometown of National Park, NJ, for a half sausage Sicilian pizza for pick up. When he came home he […]
Nellie
Nellie was a survivor in every sense of the word, raising six children on her own, managing diabetes and even beating cancer. Though she was showing some signs of memory loss and balance problems, the 80-year-old grandmother of 13 and great-grandmother of 11 lived her life to the fullest – enjoying reading, putting together puzzles, […]
Elliot
All the people in my life expressed their joy that I was recovering, which made it harder to let them know that I was still struggling.
Sydney and Melody
Something as simple as hand washing could have prevented my children’s suffering.