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Harnessing Grief: A Mother's Quest for Meaning and Miracles

Maria J. Kefalas

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Description:The remarkable story of how a mother moved from rage to hope after learning her youngest child was dying and harnessed her grief to transform the lives of others.Harnessing Grief will hearten readers through Maria Kefalas's journey of understanding how to find hope and purpose amongst the most tragic of circumstances. In 2012, Maria's life took a dramatic turn when her youngest child, Calliope was diagnosed with an ultra-rare neurological disease, metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD). Doctors predicted that Cal might only live a few years and Maria was consumed with rage and grief. Maria's son suggested they start selling cupcakes "to find a cure for Cal's disease" and the family embraced it and have now sold more than 45,000 cupcakes and raised over $800,000. On the year anniversary of Cal's diagnosis, Maria learned about a groundbreaking gene therapy in Milan, Italy. Tragically, the breakthrough came too late to cure Cal, who is now 10. Maria tells the surprised "Cal is not finished yet."Even though Maria has been in a state of anticipatory grief for years, she comes to realize that the only way to save yourself is to find a way to help other people. Maria harnessed what she calls "the superpower of grief" to help other children and families get a chance at a miracle. This patient advocacy led her to co-found The Calliope Joy Foundation and Cure MLD. Her journey has taken her to the halls of Congress where she lobbied members to support gene therapy research; to C-suites with biotech executives who needed help getting treatments to patients; and to the FDA in the hope that MLD will become one of the 5 percent of rare diseases with an FDA approved treatment.Today, Maria works with families around the world to get them access to treatment and raise awareness of the promise of gene therapy.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Harnessing Grief: A Mother's Quest for Meaning and Miracles. To get started finding Harnessing Grief: A Mother's Quest for Meaning and Miracles, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The remarkable story of how a mother moved from rage to hope after learning her youngest child was dying and harnessed her grief to transform the lives of others.Harnessing Grief will hearten readers through Maria Kefalas's journey of understanding how to find hope and purpose amongst the most tragic of circumstances. In 2012, Maria's life took a dramatic turn when her youngest child, Calliope was diagnosed with an ultra-rare neurological disease, metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD). Doctors predicted that Cal might only live a few years and Maria was consumed with rage and grief. Maria's son suggested they start selling cupcakes "to find a cure for Cal's disease" and the family embraced it and have now sold more than 45,000 cupcakes and raised over $800,000. On the year anniversary of Cal's diagnosis, Maria learned about a groundbreaking gene therapy in Milan, Italy. Tragically, the breakthrough came too late to cure Cal, who is now 10. Maria tells the surprised "Cal is not finished yet."Even though Maria has been in a state of anticipatory grief for years, she comes to realize that the only way to save yourself is to find a way to help other people. Maria harnessed what she calls "the superpower of grief" to help other children and families get a chance at a miracle. This patient advocacy led her to co-found The Calliope Joy Foundation and Cure MLD. Her journey has taken her to the halls of Congress where she lobbied members to support gene therapy research; to C-suites with biotech executives who needed help getting treatments to patients; and to the FDA in the hope that MLD will become one of the 5 percent of rare diseases with an FDA approved treatment.Today, Maria works with families around the world to get them access to treatment and raise awareness of the promise of gene therapy.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Harnessing Grief: A Mother's Quest for Meaning and Miracles. To get started finding Harnessing Grief: A Mother's Quest for Meaning and Miracles, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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