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Life, love, joy, challenges and medical parenting . Medical Parents Raise Miracles.

Meredith Willard

  • Oct 18, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 14m AVG DURATION
  • 26 EPISODES


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Latest episodes from Speak life for Trisomy 18

How and when do I get fair care for my trisomy 18 or 13 child

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2019 27:13


You need a care plan, referrals to fair care and consults to have fair care. Goal is to meet medical needs, stabilize, consult, intervene. From respiratory support to surgeries. How to assert your child’s needs for medical fair care.

Cooperate with your care and even to transfer we need to cooperate with unfair care to get out!

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2019 10:13


Cooperate. Know your unit director, your case manager, social worker, charge nurse, social worker, consults, and their team.

I will not pity you

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2019 23:50


Having a child with medical complexities and developmental delays is hard, but no need for pity. With this great task, it is the steadfast hope and long suffering that bring peace amongst the challenges.

How Roses first few months of life impacted me as a mom and wife

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2019 17:30


Having a medical fragile child requires hours and days to months and for some years, in medical ic setting. There is much to learn, do and fight for as well as tend to the child. This is how I had to step away from some roles and ask for grace as I learned how to bring us all into our new life with the newest member

Full care and full code is not cruel. Trigger warning.

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2019 12:20


Intensive medical

The power of the Holy Spirit as you seek full fair care for Trisomy 18

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2019 23:09


Power of the Holy Spirit

Other side of fear

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2019 9:21


Helping our kids

Speak life for Rare Trisomy! Let’s get fair care for our kids. Kace strong, RIP sunshine

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2019 22:14


Who do you look to for support and information on caring for and loving a child with Rare Trisomy? Medical care has its place. But they don’t know this life, if they do they help. Your child deserves those who can and will help. Kace a dear friend passed away and his two years of life is a testimony to the purpose and joy of life, even with a diagnosis for rare trisomy there is joy, purpose and our children deserve fair care

We must find our calm as a medical mom (or sad)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2019 39:47


The fatigue, fear and work of being a medical parent can rob us of enjoying this earthly life, we must calm and care for ourselves and then offer a calm and peace to our children as we help them live a earthly life.

Pastor Brian belle Calvary murrelet a

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2019 6:24


Pastor Brian

Why do they tell us our kids can’t live?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2019 9:41


What we need from prenatal care, each other and to know about t 13 and t 18.

Heart repair consults get them

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2019 15:41


If you have a rare trisomy child who has a CHD (heart complication) get consults. now! Always!

How do I ask for full care and when

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2019 6:10


When do I ask for fair care? Full care? And what do I do?

Children are the future.

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2019 16:45


All my children have a future in them. Glimpses of their personality and gifts come often. What a joy to see what they can become and do as they join Society, my dAugnter with t 18, she will too!

Home Grown (part 2 of home scary home)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2019 8:21


To finish the pod cast “home scary home” coming home from hospital life can be a hard transition, but also a time for growth. The transition is hard, but you can do it!

Home scary home: discharge from the nicu

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2019 8:21


When the time came to head home from the nicu I felt scared and it was hard.I can say now, it was worth it!

How can you tell a baby need glasses?

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2019 8:15


Rose wears glasses! How did we know she needed them? How did we get her prescription? How has she done with them? Let me tell ya!

Newly Diagnosed Family!

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2019 5:07


Welcome, and congratulations! A hello, and a few suggestions and resources. Please share with all new parents!

“What’s wrong with her, will she walk, talk, eat...pass the chips”

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2019 9:28


When interacting socially the question “what’s wrong with your child “ or stares or medical curiosity can hinder our time engaging in fun and social life!

Feeling isolated as a medical parent

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2019 7:44


The early times of medical parenting can feel isolating and confusing. Like being put in a foreign county or parallel universe, you need time to adjust and integrate your “old” ways with the current life.

“That’s my Baby...the one you spit upon”

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2019 7:45


A song by Lindsey Tucker (who gave me permission to use the song) talks about Mary the “highly choosen one” speaking out about the task of loving her baby that there “wasn’t room” for, “spit upon” and how she is the “highly chosen one”.

Segment one :Challenges bring talents. Segment two: challenges need Grace

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2019 19:56


Segment one: How to find ones talent in a challenge and examples I have had. Segment two: The three things that help doing things that make us anxious.

G tube rap

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2019 0:46


Children can eat by mouth even with A g tube!

Speak Life: Asserting my Babies Rights

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2019 25:49


When Rose was three weeks old, our full medical intervention plan for Rose was not being honored. I discuss how “speak life” helped me find my voice as her advocate and helped me cope with my anger and frustration.

Three Things I learned that helped save Roses life

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2019 25:32


Hello, in this episode I discuss the diagnosis , pregnancy and neonatal time for Rose. This is a combination of personal experiences and feelings and what actions I took that I feel helped save her life. I hope it encourages you on your own journey and I am very excited for all that is to come for you! Anyone facing medical challenges this could be helpful. Thank you for listening .

Medical Parents raise miracles

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2019 7:09


As a mother of a child with the diagnosis of trisomy 18 I am eager to share that their is life for those who are told their condition makes them incompatible of life and interventions for life denied to them. We are here to share our story, our journey and our joy, faith and love for our child.

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