Article 8 Questions To Ask When Interviewing a Home Health Private Duty Nurse These interviews are also referenced as "meet and greets". We have had in-home private duty…melanieOctober 8, 2021
Article Three Reasons Why “Disability” and “Disabled” Are Not Bad Words Say it with me dis-a-bi-li-ty. Ok now this one...dis-abl-ed. Now breathe in and breathe out.…melanieSeptember 21, 2021
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Article When No One Understands The Life You Live I'm sure at some point in your life you have uttered the phrase, "No one…melanieSeptember 7, 2021
Article You had a miscarriage, wait…no you didn’t. There are a few things that might come to mind when you think about the…melanieAugust 31, 2021
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Article Turning Lemons into Lemonade I've always been taught "make the best of every situation". I never truly understood the…melanieFebruary 22, 2019
Article Tools to Overcome Medical Insurance Denials Monthly Premiums, Co-pays and Out-of-Pocket Expenses are some of the familiar terms you may have…melanieMay 26, 2018
Article Single Parent Pros and Cons feat Melanie Oates Written by Varda Epstein Single parent households are now so common that more than a quarter of…melanieMay 23, 2018
Article When The Truth Hurts A month passes by and something isn't right. With thoughts of excitement, joy, nervousness, worry....you…melanieMay 17, 2018
Article I Give Up Now before you read the title, roll your eyes, think a certain way about my…melanieMay 15, 2018
Article How to be the Best Special Needs Support System Support for a special needs parent is not an easy feat. Unintentional aggression may be…melanieApril 18, 2018
Article First steps!! …at 6 years old "My baby is walking!!!" Do you remember saying that or hearing a family member or…melanieApril 1, 2018
Article Special Needs Parent Pet Peeves Imagine you're out in the park with your child who is on the spectrum. Or…melanieMarch 26, 2018
Article He Has Autism?? (3min read) If you see an orange....you know it's an orange. If you see car...you know it's…melanieMarch 19, 2018
Article My March Madness – Coping with Multiple Diagnoses (3min read) March Madness? Huh?!? Yes, you're in the place. You may be wondering what does March…melanieMarch 11, 2018
Article A 6-year old and … Botox? (3min read) If you read my Blog #4 about Genell's new hearing loss diagnosis (click here to read…melanieMarch 7, 2018
Article When the risks of Ear Tubes becomes your child’s reality (2min read) You're at your appointment (or procedure), and the medical professional hands you a couple pieces…melanieMarch 3, 2018
Article Say Hello to Seizures (3min read) What started out as a regular school day quickly turned into one of the scariest…melanieFebruary 23, 2018
Article G is for G-tube ..the other belly button (2min read) In 2013, just shortly after Genell's 2nd birthday, the phrase “failure to thrive” was unfortunately…melanieFebruary 20, 2018
Article TwinMomMel – Est. 12.14.2011 (2min read) "We gave birth to healthy babies!" or "Our babies were born and it was so…melanieFebruary 20, 2018