Diagnosis

Most parents have vivid memories of the day they learned that their child had a serious medical condition. Then they discover that receiving the news is one thing and internalizing it is quite another. After the initial shock there may be a sense that your family is now “different.” You may feel isolated, alone and scared. What happens now? Will your family survive this—will you? These are the first of many questions you may have as you begin to travel the road of your child’s condition.