Empowered by Hope
You want the best possible quality of life for your child regardless of diagnosis or prognosis. Raising a child with medical complexities is often lonely, scary and overwhelming. Join two parents of amazing children with rare medical complexities, Emily K. Whiting and Ashlyn Thompson, to get help and grow with them into empowered advocates for our kids. Here you’ll find a community of support, encouragement, education and resources, equipping you to navigate your child’s medical complexities with hope. To get more personal support, connect with us directly at www.ParentEmpowermentNetwork.org.
Empowered by Hope
Journey toward advocacy with Ashley Milbourne, a fellow mom of a child with medical complexities
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Guest Ashley Milbourne joins host Ashlyn to share her story of first receiving the news of her own health challenges and those of her unborn baby at the routine anatomy scan nearly halfway through her pregnancy. Ashley shares the turbulent road for her and her family after that fateful ultrasound, all while navigating the added challenges of Covid-19.
In this episode you learn how one mom gained her advocacy voice as she was hospitalized and on bed rest, separated from her family due to Covid-19 hospital visitor restrictions, navigated the wide array of emotions as she wrestled with the reality that her own life was at risk, grappled with diagnoses for her unborn baby that ended up being inaccurate, and how she now embraces the challenges, joys and triumphs of raising her resilient sweet 2.5-year-old daughter with Bladder Exstrophy.
You don’t want to miss this episode. You will walk away with such encouragement, inspired by incredible grace and empowered with the hope that you too can advocate for your child in phenomenal ways.
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