Eunice is a wife to one and mom to three while living with Fabry disease. She dealt with various symptoms of the disease while growing up but wasn’t diagnosed until 2015. Eunice enjoys exercising, reading, coffee, and spending quality time with her family.
What is my job as a parent? In thinking this question through, I came up with a few answers, but it’s not an exhaustive list. I am to protect, guide, teach, and…
My 12-year-old daughter was diagnosed with Fabry disease in spring 2019. Because she’s relatively new to having Fabry, I thought it’d be interesting to collect her thoughts on life with a rare…
It is common for Fabry disease patients to complain about being heat intolerant. Because of this, summers can be challenging. One study reported by Fabry Disease News noted that nerve…
As of today, my family has spent seven weeks staying at home due to the coronavirus pandemic. We are seven weeks into home schooling (with one fantastic week off for spring break),…
I have started and stopped and restarted this column so many times that I have lost count. My brain is fuzzy, my mind can’t seem to settle, and my beloved routines are…
Feb. 29 wasn’t just leap day, it also was Rare Disease Day. I wrote in a previous column about See Rare Run, a virtual race to raise awareness for people…
New Year’s resolutions. Do you make them? Do you keep them? Are you still going strong? Or are you like the 75 to 80 percent of Americans who quit their resolutions…
It’s 4:45 a.m. and the alarm is sounding. What comes to mind when you read that sentence? Maybe something like sleep, dark, too early, nighttime, must be a…
“Mom, can Fabry kill you?” This wasn’t the first time this question was posed to me. The first time my child asked me, I was taken aback. It seemingly came…
They say you never truly know what someone else is going through until you walk a mile in their shoes. Let’s rewind to when I was growing up. Whenever I…
Fabber. Have you ever heard that term? It’s used to describe those with Fabry disease. I recently spent a weekend with my family and fellow “Fabbers.”…