Caregivers are essential to the wellbeing of their loved ones. Often, the focus is on the person with Fanconi anemia, yet caregivers live their own FA journey. In an effort to hear more of these experiences, our friend Allison from The...
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We eventually took a leap of faith and traveled to Chicago for a consultation. In our initial meeting we learned that our odds of conceiving a child were about 25%. However, if we then screened for FA and for a...
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Read Sharon’s popular piece on the history of Fanconi anemia: No Longer an Orphan - the FA Story
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Caregivers,I see you watching your person even more closely than before, noting the way he breathes, questioning if it seems more shallow than normal.I see you reading between the lines of every article, trying to discern just how bad this...
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We asked Kathy to tell us a little about what motivates her to support FARF: “My niece and goddaughter, Emily Mitchell, is an FA child. I’d like to tell you a little about her. She was born prematurely in 2008...
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Piper was the first friend Bella’s age that she lost to the same disease she has. It hit us all hard when the FA community lost Piper, but it absolutely devastated a then 11-year-old Bella. To this day she cannot...
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