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Jan 25th 10
Why Doesn’t John Crowley Think He’s a Hero?
The movie, Extraordinary Measures, was released a few days ago. I haven’t seen it yet, but I’ve been reading about the family that inspired the movie.
John & Aileen Crowley
Two of the Crowleys three children, Megan and Patrick, were born with Pompe disease. At the time of their diagnosis, their prognosis was terminal. Researchers were slowly closing in on a cure, too slowly to save...
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Jan 13th 10
Extraordinary Measures & Evan Newport
Yesterday, I received an email from Scott, Evan Newport’s father.
Evan’s Story
Evan died the day after Thanksgiving after a seven year battle with Noonan’s Syndrome. You can read more of Evan’s story at two previous DifferentDream.com posts: Good-bye Evan Newport and Evan Newport – All Around Me.
Scott’s Email
Now, back to the subject of Scott’s email. He...
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