Theme: Enzyme Replacement Therapy

In this clip from Courageous Parents Network’s interview with pediatric psychologist Dr. Joanna Breyer, author of “When Your Child is Sick,” Dr. Breyer discusses how she helps families consider transplant or therapies that have differing levels of likely success. How to balance the considerations of side effects vs. likely outcomes.

Theme: Enzyme Replacement Therapy

Parents of a little girl with Gaucher Type 2 talk about how her doctor explained that ERT couldn’t save their daughter but would likely help her be more comfortable with no drawbacks. As quality of life was the goal, they elected ERT to reduce the size of her liver and spleen and the infusions were not a big deal.