Yep, you read that correctly. Miss G had her first day of preschool yesterday and it was AMAZING! Absolutely positively a very, very "Good Thing for Gwendolyn!" The second we asked Gwendolyn if she would like to start going to school again, her little fin ...
Super Miss G Is Home Rocking New Super Powers
Super Miss G is doing great. Really great. As in almost fully back to normal. The blood transfusion was a success and we were sent home after just one day with Gwendolyn's lips more ruby than we have seen in weeks. I'm so sorry we are just posti ...
Team Lucy’s Legs Rock Lake Winnebago
We absolutely LOVE Team GSF team members! We love, love, love them. We love the way they challenge themselves, we love how they motivate others, and we love that they push their bodies to the limits to make a difference for SMA. Team Lucy's Legs is a ...
Feeling Pretty Good.
Yes, we are feeling pretty good right now and it is all because Gwendolyn seems to be doing a little bit better. Baby steps, but we will take those! Gwendolyn had an okay Saturday, a great Sunday, and an okay Monday. I'm not saying we are in the clea ...
This Moment.
When Gwendolyn was first diagnosed, within two weeks we were hit like a ton of bricks with the reality of SMA -- a consultation trip turned into a month-long hospital stay at Stanford, new routines, new machines, a surgery, so much uncertainty, a failed ...
Gwendolyn Update and a Special Visitor
Thank you all so much for your thoughtfulness and concern for Gwendolyn this week. Gwendolyn is status quo and we are still very worried...but very hopeful. We are seeing improvements in some areas, but are still waiting in others. There is still uncertai ...
Team Lucy’s Legs
Sweet Lucy Zahn has inspired a team of supporters! Her spunky spirit is motivating people to not only learn about SMA, but to get involved in helping end it! Team "Lucy's Legs" will be riding 90 miles around Lake Winnebago this weekend in Race The La ...
Good Things For Gwendolyn: A Wizard Promise Fullfilled
Gwendolyn is still having a tough time. She hasn't bounced back the way she usually does after antibiotics and we are feeling a bit on edge (well, we are always on edge, but more so). We are having more tests done to try to get to the bottom of it al ...
This is SMA. And this is what incredible looks like.
We asked families impacted by SMA to submit a photo and share something they would want others to know about them/their child. And this is what we received. Speechless. Simply speechless.These families and their stories represent what this disease really ...
City of Santa Barbara Again Declares August SMA Awareness Month
Earlier this week the City of Santa Barbara officially declared August as SMA Awareness Month for the third year in a row. The City of Santa Barbara has consistently been supportive of our efforts to end SMA and Mayor Helene Schneider has always been extr ...