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Olá, meu nome é Luis Paulo e eu sou o pai da pequena Sofia. Estou escrevendo este blog no Hope For HH e compartilho um pouco da história de HH da Sofia. Espero que isso ajude a divulgar informações sobre hamartomas hipotalâmicos e a organização e site Hope For HH. Sofia sofria de ataques de…
[see translation here] Hello, my name is Luis Paulo and I’m the father of the little Sofia. I’m writing this blog on Hope For HH share a little of Sofia’s HH story. I’m hoping this will help spread information about hypothalamic hamartomas and the Hope For HH organization and website. Sofia suffered from bouts of…
When Kate was born in August of 2014, in Fargo, ND, the nurses immediately commented on how ‘vocal’ she was. We were a sleepless family, as she would always wake in the night, making her ‘crying noise.’ She often had episodes throughout the week, where it would last the entire night. I can recall her…
Echoing so many of your stories of HH (hypothalamic hamartoma) discovery, Charlotte was born on the 22nd July 2004 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. My pregnancy was not complicated, I did have gestational diabetes, but a mild form that was controlled by diet. Charlotte, or Charli to her family, did however show signs of an enlarged…
Layla is our sweet Valentine baby, born February 14, 2014. She arrived 10 days past her due date in the biggest snow storm that year. We joke that she has been doing things her own way since before she was born. She is very spunky, strong willed and quite the negotiator. She is truly one…
Josh and I found out we were pregnant with Anniston on our one year engagement anniversary (about 2 months before we got married) – the pregnancy was unplanned but we were both excited and felt blessed to have been able to conceive so quickly. During my pregnancy I had a subchronic hemorrhage in the beginning…
Our daughter’s name is Abigail “Abby” Joyce Smith, she is 12 years old now, born December 2005. In utero, the doctors noticed she had a small dilation in one of her kidneys but everything else was perfectly normal. She had a normal birth and she had an ultrasound on her kidney to see if anything…
Meet Elleanor On June 11, 2012, we welcomed our first child, Elleanor, to the world. She was healthy and we were able to take her home and try our hand at this parenting thing. She was growing normally, but would make this weird grunting sound. At two months old I showed her pediatrician a video…
HH is for life. In 1957 my wife was born, it was a normal birth but within weeks it was clear all was not right with Little Elizabeth. Doctors in those days had no idea how to diagnose complicated conditions in babies. As Elizabeth grew Epilepsy was confirmed but no treatments made any difference and…
Carson’s story Our story starts when I was 35 weeks pregnant with Carson. A routine ultrasound revealed that Carson had a very large cyst in his brain. Further follow up suggested that it was coming from the hypothalamus region. We delivered normally at 39 weeks, further testing couldn’t confirm anything else, so it was decided…
I am Glen B Schallman , 59 yrs old was diagnosed back on March 1, 2002, by Dr. Rekate at the age of 43 with a 2.5 cm Hypothalamic Hamartoma, and 2 other very rare brain conditions (Unilateral Polymicrogyria and Unilateral Schizenchephaly). About 2 months after being diagnosed, I decided since I could not work…
Kaitlyn’s HH Journey We brought our perfect beautiful daughter home two days after she was born. Soon we realized that we had a fussy baby who wouldn’t sleep unless we held her and was sometimes inconsolable. When I took Kaitlyn to the pediatrician for her two-week check-up, I was told that she had colic. Soon…