Archive for August, 2014
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Ava and Addi Story
June 29, 2014 In the spring of 2013, Ava’s journey lead her to the Mayo Clinic. Ava had been to the Mayo Clinic previously. However, this was Oskar’s...
Ava’s Rainbow
After Ava was released from Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, she went to stay at her the home of her grandparents. On July 19th, 2013, a rainbow magically appeared...
Lucy Szajnuk
This is a section of Lucy’s story from The Szajnuk’s Journey I feel like I missed an entire year of Lucy’s milestones. Lucy started showing similar symptoms in...
Update on The Szajnuk Family (aka The Zanik Family)
April 27, 2014 Dear Family and Friends, I wanted to update you again on our family. I have had so many wonderful people reaching out to us recently...
Oskar Szajnuk’s Symptoms
Oskar’s Endocrine Clinic Note: “I encouraged mother to have genomic sequencing to try to elucidate the cause of what appears to be autosomal dominant dysautonomia.” CURRENT SYMPTOMS: -Cannot...
Ava Szajnuk’s Symptoms
Current Symptoms: -Severe headaches -Severe leg pain -Cannot regulate her body temperature (She overheats when active or in warm weather) -Hands and arms mottled -Entire body mottled -Face...
Gina Wegner Szajnuk – Resume
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE July, 2014 – Present RUN (RareUndiagosedNetwork.org) Park City, UT Co-Founder RUN stands for Rare & Undiagnosed Network. We’re a group of advocates, patients, families, researchers, healthcare...
Testimonial from a doctor that cares
One of my mantras as a physician is that while I can never truly know exactly what another person is experiencing, I should always strive to understand and...
Testimonial from Tonya Condas
About 30 years ago my mother was diagnosed with progressive type Multiple Sclerosis. She was a stay at home mom and raised me and my brother with no...
Testimonial from Chris Hart
In a friendship that has spanned thirty years, though the ups and downs of life, you might wonder where will this begin? It is without question in my...