Humbled

I am so humbled by so many who have crossed our path on this journey with Hudson.
Not everyone has been on the mito path...some started this journey with us as we unraveled why Hudson was having infantile spasms, without finding a structural, or tangible cause.
There are so many pieces of this journey that you can dissect and then actually relate to people with whom you have never met.

As we close out what has been labeled Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week, I stumbled across my heart connected friend's blog tonight,with whom I have not physically met, but who gets me on so many levels.
I am teary eyed at her post...
Because, even though her son is not faced with this disease, she has been touched by my sons face, and the mighty weight of this disease and what it means to our family.
She has listened to my daily plea this week, to spread the word, and so she posted on her blog my sons face and the face of mito.

Thank you D....my heart thanks you, my mito baby boy thanks you....I am so humbled to be on this journey with you, even though are paths are so incredibly different....

Blessings to you my friend...thank you for not only hearing my plea but feeling it....




And so here is most of her post that I copy and pasted...to see it in full click on side bar of my blog list...happy being trevy.(because as an iPad post I am pretty limited)







for my Mito mom friend
 

Infantile Spasms is a diagnosis. 

 

 

And a marker.

 

 

Or symptom…if you will.

 

 

A symptom of something else.  Because once you enter Infantile Spasms Ville you quickly learn that seizures in and of themselves are not the final diagnosis…they are a symptom.  Of an underlying cause.  And in the world of Infantile Spasms there are many underlying causes.  Each underlying condition a spectrum.

 

 

Spectrum according to Dictionary.com:

 

  a broad range of varied but related ideas or objects, the individual features of which tend to overlap

 

 

You know.  The same but different. 

 

 

Each IS baby has a unique journey.  And those that share the same Underlying (spectrum) Condition do too.  Each Cortical Dysplasia child.  Or baby who had a neonatal stroke.  Or has Tuberous Sclerosis.  Or Dravets .  Or Mito…

 

 

(to name a few)

 

 

All have unique paths that unfold.

 

 

One thing that rings true for all (that I’m aware of) IS children and their specific underlying conditions…

 

 

There is NO cure

 

 

There are miracles here and there. Some children respond quickly to treatment and move forward without scars until Infantile Spasms is but a distant memory.  That maybe you had a nightmare once-d.  But the majority of families move forward into a journey that…while it brings it’s own sense of joy because our children do bring joy…is much different than the one we ever imagined they would travel.  Much harder.  Much darker.  Much more medically complex.  Drug and therapy saturated.  Tear and prayer drenched.  Than we could have imagined.

 

 

And we live each day trying desperately to love our children to the best holistic health humanly possible. 

 

 

And we spend our free time dreaming about the day there will be a Cure. 

 

 

This week is Mitochondrial Awareness Week. 

 

 

And while Trevy’s underlying condition is not Mito…

 

 

he does have a sweet little (arranged) friend on the other side of the country who does.  And his friend has an extraordinary mommy…to whom my heart has connected. 

 

 

And today…I’m praying and dreaming for Hudson. 

 

 



 

 

And this post is my way of helping create more awareness for all the children and their families courageously living with Mitochondrial Disease.  

 

 

XOXO Hudson & Mommy

 

 

…danielle























for my Mito mom friend
 

Infantile Spasms is a diagnosis. 

 

 

And a marker.

 

 

Or symptom…if you will.

 

 

A symptom of something else.  Because once you enter Infantile Spasms Ville you quickly learn that seizures in and of themselves are not the final diagnosis…they are a symptom.  Of an underlying cause.  And in the world of Infantile Spasms there are many underlying causes.  Each underlying condition a spectrum.

 

 

Spectrum according to Dictionary.com:

 

  a broad range of varied but related ideas or objects, the individual features of which tend to overlap

 

 

You know.  The same but different. 

 

 

Each IS baby has a unique journey.  And those that share the same Underlying (spectrum) Condition do too.  Each Cortical Dysplasia child.  Or baby who had a neonatal stroke.  Or has Tuberous Sclerosis.  Or Dravets .  Or Mito…

 

 

(to name a few)

 

 

All have unique paths that unfold.

 

 

One thing that rings true for all (that I’m aware of) IS children and their specific underlying conditions…

 

 

There is NO cure

 

 

There are miracles here and there. Some children respond quickly to treatment and move forward without scars until Infantile Spasms is but a distant memory.  That maybe you had a nightmare once-d.  But the majority of families move forward into a journey that…while it brings it’s own sense of joy because our children do bring joy…is much different than the one we ever imagined they would travel.  Much harder.  Much darker.  Much more medically complex.  Drug and therapy saturated.  Tear and prayer drenched.  Than we could have imagined.

 

 

And we live each day trying desperately to love our children to the best holistic health humanly possible. 

 

 

And we spend our free time dreaming about the day there will be a Cure. 

 

 

This week is Mitochondrial Awareness Week. 

 

 

And while Trevy’s underlying condition is not Mito…

 

 

he does have a sweet little (arranged) friend on the other side of the country who does.  And his friend has an extraordinary mommy…to whom my heart has connected. 

 

 

And today…I’m praying and dreaming for Hudson. 

 

 



 

 

And this post is my way of helping create more awareness for all the children and their families courageously living with Mitochondrial Disease.  

 

 

XOXO Hudson & Mommy

 

 

…danielle