Brooklyn
I kissed my daughter goodbye thinking I might never see her alive again. Hour after hour was spent unconsciously preparing and suppressing the possibility that we’d have to plan a funeral for our baby. We were living in a nightmare. Until June 4th when the nightmare officially began, our baby Brooklyn was a happy, active […]
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 […]
Mari
I am a wife, mother, daughter, sister, best friend and registered nurse. Throughout my life I have enjoyed physical activities in various forms such as jogging, cycling, dancing, hiking, water sports, downhill and cross country skiing to name a few. As a mother I enjoyed cooking for my family. As a nurse, I was fulfilled […]
Rustin
Being able to see that even your mom and dad are scared and don’t know what to do … it’s an experience I wouldn’t wish on anyone.
Barbara
This hospital visit was just the beginning of an ongoing battle with food poisoning that I am still fighting.
Shelby
She threw up once on the plane and then seemed fine. We thought it was the weather change