by Logan Ebert | Jan 9, 2020 | Advocacy
A Normal Life with EA A normal life with EA is possible according to Logan Ebert’s firsthand account of how his long gap, pure esophageal atresia (EA) was repaired. I’m delighted to welcome Logan as today’s guest blogger, EA/TEF survivor, and...
by Jolene | Jan 2, 2020 | Special Needs Parenting
EA/TEF Awareness Month, 2020 EA/TEF Awareness Month has been my favorite way to usher in January for a decade, and 2020 is no exception. As in past years, Different Dream will feature posts from parents raising children born with some variation of the condition. This...
by Jolene | Jan 28, 2019 | Self-Care and Stress, Special Needs Parenting
My Special Needs Mom Worries Never End Of course not, you may have thought to yourself after reading the title of this post. My special needs mom worries never end either. But there’s a difference between your special needs mom worries and mine. You are most...
by Jolene | Jan 10, 2019 | Self-Care and Stress, Special Needs Parenting
Something Is Wrong with Your Baby: 5 Things I Wish I’d Known Something is wrong with your baby. I remember, as though it happened yesterday and not in 1982, the day our doctor sat down beside my hospital bed and uttered those words. Something is wrong with your...
by Janae Copeland | Jan 31, 2018 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Our Bittersweet EA/TEF Symphony A bittersweet EA/TEF symphony. That’s how guest blogger Janae Copeland describes the life of her daughter who was born with EA/TEF in 2010. In today’s post, Janae explains how she learned to read the music of her...