Family Spotlight from Norway!

 

 

 

Meet our 11q Family from Norway!

Vera & Knut-Henrik
Leon – age 5 (JS)
Maria – age 2

We live in Norway, and are as far as we know the only family with JS in our country.

We like to be with our family and friends. We love to travel, special to warm and sunny locations. Both of the childeren love the water and swimming.
We (the parents) love to make food and experience with all of the worlds kitchens 😉
Leon loves his Ipad, music and strange sounds.

Texas Family Spotlight!

 

 

Parents: Ryan and Amy Bodiford

Man of the House: Tyler 2 ½, 4q and 11q interstitial deletions

We live in Houston, TX

Tyler enjoys walks, being out of the house in public places and hanging out with all of our families. He is always smiling during bath and jammie time (just wish he would love sleeping time too). He absolutely loves TV time – his favorites are Bubble Guppies, Monsters Inc and Frozen!

He has many of the characteristics of Jacobsen kids and a few unique ones too. His newest diagnosis is his large scoliosis curve. He will be getting his first of many Mehta cast at the end of the month. We hope he adapts quickly and will be happy and playful after a couple days.

Meet the Kuhns!

Erica and her son Kylan both have Jacobsen Syndrome.

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Hi there! My name is Erica and I am 34 with JS and my sons name is Kylan he is 4 with JS and HLHS (hypoplastic left heart syndrome.) My husbands name is Paul. We live in Ohio.

Kylan has had two open heart surgeries and a few heart catherizations. He has his last open heart surgery coming up. I found out I had JS after Kylan was born and his blood wasnt clotting properly. They did a bloodwork and realized he had JS and then the doctors asked to get me tested and sure enough I had it.

I have a full time job as a hotel logistics coordinator booking hotel rooms for pilots all over the US and some international. I graduated form college with a degree in Associate of Applied Business specializing in Hospitality Management. Kylan attends pre school 4 days a week and receives OT, PT and speech. He is doing very well. He loves going to school. As a family we like to go on little getaways.

On Mondays daddy takes Kylan to Chik-Fil-A after school because its daddy day and mommy does the same on Thursdays after school because its mommy day. This is just a special thing we started this year after days that we pick him up from preschool. Lala which is grandma picks him up on the other two days he attends school until mommy or daddy gets off work. We also love to go to dinner as a family. In the summer we like to talk walks with Kylan and go to the park. Mommy also takes Kylan to the pool. He loves going to the pool. Kylan loves playing with other kids his age too.

Meet Ryan’s Family in Ohio!

 

 

Moms: Liz Gladish and Katie Effler

Big sis: Charlie, she will be 5 in May

Little sis: Ryan, 2 1/2, interstitial deletion 11q

We live in Cincinnati, Ohio

We love to snuggle, have movie nights, go out to eat, dance and sing while making dinner, take walks, swim in our pool and sleep in!!!

Meet the Birthday Girl from the UK in our Family Spotlight

 

Today is Jessica’s 2ND Birthday!

Robin & Tracey Yau

Jessica – 2 years today! She has JS (11q24.2-25)

We live in Crewe in Cheshire in the UK.

As a family we love play time, either visiting soft play centres or just playing at home.
Jessica loves her new found freedom since mastering her unaided walking two months ago! Now the UK weather is improving we love to play outside and explore the garden.

Our most memorable family event has to be Jessica’s first birthday party when we hired a room at a Chinese restaurant and had all our family and friends enjoy a meal and celebrate with us. Jessica now loves chinese food, in fact she loves eating anything!

Our Australian Family Spotlight!

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Meet Dylan’s Family!

Richard (stepdad)  Marie (mum)  Molly (stepsister)  Tracie (stepmum)  Dylan (JS)  Mark (dad)

Richard & Marie live in Tamworth, NSW, Australia

Mark & Tracie live in Armidale, NSW, Australia

We like to hang out and watch movies, go to the park, swim in the pool, go for drives, and have fun and laugh a lot.

Our favorite vacations have been Disneyland in 2008, and the 11q conferences and meeting our 11q family 🙂

Family Spotlight

 

Meet The Burgeys

Vince and Jen

Aidan – age 5
Alyssa – age 2 (JS)

Live in Connecticut

We enjoy visiting our relatives in NJ and MA, kids love reading books, watching signing time DVD’s, and playing on their adventure climber which is currently in our living room.
Soon it will go outside where it belongs, but has been great physical therapy for Alyssa and her strength and coordination have increased 🙂