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Speak life for Trisomy 18

by Meredith Willard

Life, love, joy, challenges and medical parenting . Medical Parents Raise Miracles.

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Episodes

  1. How and when do I get fair care for my trisomy 18 or 13 child

    You need a care plan, referrals to fair care and consults to have fair care. Goal is to meet medical needs, stabilize, consult, intervene. From respiratory support to surgeries. How to assert your child’s needs for medical fair care.

  2. Cooperate with your care and even to transfer we need to cooperate with unfair care to get out!

    Cooperate. Know your unit director, your case manager, social worker, charge nurse, social worker, consults, and their team.

  3. I will not pity you

    Having a child with medical complexities and developmental delays is hard, but no need for pity. With this great task, it is the steadfast hope and long suffering that bring peace amongst the challenges.

  4. How Roses first few months of life impacted me as a mom and wife

    Having a medical fragile child requires hours and days to months and for some years, in medical ic setting. There is much to learn, do and fight for as well as tend to the child. This is how I had to step away from some roles and ask for grace as I learned how to bring us all into our new life…

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  5. Other side of fear

    Helping our kids

  6. Speak life for Rare Trisomy! Let’s get fair care for our kids. Kace strong, RIP sunshine

    Who do you look to for support and information on caring for and loving a child with Rare Trisomy? Medical care has its place. But they don’t know this life, if they do they help. Your child deserves those who can and will help. Kace a dear friend passed away and his two years of life is a...

  7. We must find our calm as a medical mom (or sad)

    The fatigue, fear and work of being a medical parent can rob us of enjoying this earthly life, we must calm and care for ourselves and then offer a calm and peace to our children as we help them live a earthly life.

  8. Why do they tell us our kids can’t live?

    What we need from prenatal care, each other and to know about t 13 and t 18.

  9. Heart repair consults get them

    If you have a rare trisomy child who has a CHD (heart complication) get consults. now! Always!

  10. How do I ask for full care and when

    When do I ask for fair care? Full care? And what do I do?

  11. Children are the future.

    All my children have a future in them. Glimpses of their personality and gifts come often. What a joy to see what they can become and do as they join Society, my dAugnter with t 18, she will too!

  12. Home Grown (part 2 of home scary home)

    To finish the pod cast “home scary home” coming home from hospital life can be a hard transition, but also a time for growth. The transition is hard, but you can do it!

  13. Home scary home: discharge from the nicu

    When the time came to head home from the nicu I felt scared and it was hard.I can say now, it was worth it!

  14. How can you tell a baby need glasses?

    Rose wears glasses! How did we know she needed them? How did we get her prescription? How has she done with them? Let me tell ya!

  15. Newly Diagnosed Family!

    Welcome, and congratulations! A hello, and a few suggestions and resources. Please share with all new parents!

  16. “What’s wrong with her, will she walk, talk, eat...pass the chips”

    When interacting socially the question “what’s wrong with your child “ or stares or medical curiosity can hinder our time engaging in fun and social life!

  17. Feeling isolated as a medical parent

    The early times of medical parenting can feel isolating and confusing. Like being put in a foreign county or parallel universe, you need time to adjust and integrate your “old” ways with the current life.

  18. “That’s my Baby...the one you spit upon”

    A song by Lindsey Tucker (who gave me permission to use the song) talks about Mary the “highly choosen one” speaking out about the task of loving her baby that there “wasn’t room” for, “spit upon” and how she is the “highly chosen one”.

  19. Segment one :Challenges bring talents. Segment two: challenges need Grace

    Segment one: How to find ones talent in a challenge and examples I have had. Segment two: The three things that help doing things that make us anxious.

  20. G tube rap

    Children can eat by mouth even with A g tube!

  21. Speak Life: Asserting my Babies Rights

    When Rose was three weeks old, our full medical intervention plan for Rose was not being honored. I discuss how “speak life” helped me find my voice as her advocate and helped me cope with my anger and frustration.

  22. Three Things I learned that helped save Roses life

    Hello, in this episode I discuss the diagnosis , pregnancy and neonatal time for Rose. This is a combination of personal experiences and feelings and what actions I took that I feel helped save her life. I hope it encourages you on your own journey and I am very excited for all that is to come…

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  23. Medical Parents raise miracles

    As a mother of a child with the diagnosis of trisomy 18 I am eager to share that their is life for those who are told their condition makes them incompatible of life and interventions for life denied to them. We are here to share our story, our journey and our joy, faith and love for our child.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Life, love, joy, challenges and medical parenting . Medical Parents Raise Miracles.

HOSTED BY

Meredith Willard

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Life, love, joy, challenges and medical parenting . Medical Parents Raise Miracles.

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