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Stories from beyond the hospital.
Explore the experiences, decisions, relationships, and realities shaping life in and around medicine.

The Phone Call That Told Us Oliver’s Diagnosis
One year after our son’s diagnosis, what I want families receiving their own version of that call to know.

Our Son’s Disability Did Not Steal Our Future
Our family’s life looks nothing like the one we imagined. But we refuse to believe our son’s disability stole the future we deserved.

How to Help Your Child Understand Their Sibling’s Disability
What our oldest son's relationship with his disabled brother taught us about explaining disability, giving siblings space, and allowing their bond to develop in its own time.

You’re Never Going to Walk Again
The childhood diagnosis, years of pain, and unlikely recovery that shaped why Dr. Hannah Thompson became a physician.