I’ve just completed a survey, asking just that: what is the cost of cmv to my family life?
It’s one I can measure easily, in so many ways.
I’ve just completed a survey, asking just that: what is the cost of cmv to my family life?
It’s one I can measure easily, in so many ways.
So, Tuesday 15th November 2016, I was invited to speak at the 8th PREM – Perinatal Research and Education Meeting.
When Mike was diagnosed with Congenital CMV, I pictured a wheelchair and a ramp up to my front door. I knew absolutely nothing about disabilities. I thought you could always see ‘what’s the matter’ and I’d never had any insight into caring for someone.
Mike’s birth was nothing but dramatic, the moment my waters broke they were thick with meconium. I was allowed to labour but the doctors struggled to keep a good trace on Mike’s heart and so he was born by emergency caesarean section. Continue reading