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Back in August, I wrote about managing my worries as we prepared for a small surgery to correct a hydrocele in our 4-year-old son,…

Since I learned I’d become a full-fledged metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) patient, I’ve collected an assortment of friends with different medical issues. One of…

Our family has been extremely busy lately. The beginning of the school year is always an exciting yet exhausting time as we settle back into…

I enjoy listening to the sounds of the city outside my bedroom window at night. Cars hum down the thoroughfare where I live, their headlights…

When my youngest son, Finley, was diagnosed with Alagille syndrome, a million questions flooded my mind. I wanted to know if he’d be able…

For as long as I can remember, I’ve dreaded visiting the dentist. It started in childhood with a mean dentist who’d once had his thumb…

When I brainstorm ideas for columns, I often end up focusing on similar themes, such as anxiety, stress, complications, difficulties. All those are definitely…

I have mixed feelings as summer begins to pack up shop for the year. This season has a certain energy, like a house party with…

The last few weeks have been a roller coaster as we near the end of summer, prepare for school to start, and navigate a surgery…

My daughter has never asked much about my health, let alone how I live with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH). I don’t expect her to…