Compassion & Learning
We believe one of the greatest gifts we can give to another person is the compassion and learning that occurs when we share our personal enterovirus journey with others. Here, meet a few who are sharing their personal or family members battle with enterovirus. Some end with survivorship. Some do not. All will change you. All are important in our fight for awareness, prevention, research and treatment.
On Sunday, August 20, 2017, Dontae came down with a fever. We thought it was from teething because his back molars were coming in. We gave him some Motrin and he went to bed. Monday morning, Don (his dad) calls me and says he threw up everywhere. First thing I said was, that is not a fever. I took him to the doctor that evening and the doctor said he had Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease.
Hello, I would like to share my story. It all started with me being 39 weeks pregnant and I had what I thought was the flu. Fever, chills, general not feeling well. I went into my midwife appointment and had high blood pressure so was sent to the hospital to be induced.
Hello, we are Luke and Jaqui and would like to share our story of our sweet daughter Bethany who we lost in just hours after her battle with enterovirus. And having to tell her big sister was like reliving her death again.
I want to share the story of my daughter Bailey. On September 27th , 2014, I received a phone call while I was working that my daughter’s right leg was not functioning the way it should be. She kept falling as if her leg was asleep. I left work to take her to the emergency room, thinking her leg was broken or sprained. The x-rays at the E.R. showed everything looked fine. They sent us home with a diagnosis of possible right hip inflammation and orders to give ibuprofen around the clock.
If you or someone you know has been impacted by enterovirus and want to share a personal story, contact us here to learn more. All inquiries are confidential.