Overwhelmed to Empowered
When your child is born with a congenital or chronic illness, your life changes forever and it is easy to become overwhelmed. Most times you are the first in the family to have a child with their particular condition and you begin to feel a loneliness and separation that you don't think others can relate to. And to add to your sense of desperation, you are inundated with Specialists, appointments, treatment plans, a plethora of medications and required follow up visits. The time to learn is short but the need to learn is essential for the successful care of your child. In this book, Overwhelmed to Empowered, I share my experiences and hindsight moments of lessons learned in an effort to show you that you are not alone and that you too can shake the feeling of being overwhelmed and embrace the sentiment of being empowered. To further assist you with your challenging but rewarding journey, I have created a log to help you maintain vital information such as appointment reminders, family history, immunizations, contact information for the dozen of Specialists that you will surely encounter, new and confusing terminology and a place to record questions that arise between appointments. This information will ultimately make your appointments more efficient and provide valuable data to each Specialist that could result in a change of treatment plan and/or medication. And because we all like to record data differently, the log is available as paper and as a mobile App. Remember, you represent the voice for your child. You are in the driver's seat and the doctors that you chose, work for you. Give them the resources that they need to be productive and valuable for you child.
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Overwhelmed to Empowered
When your child is born with a congenital or chronic illness, your life changes forever and it is easy to become overwhelmed. Most times you are the first in the family to have a child with their particular condition and you begin to feel a loneliness and separation that you don't think others can relate to. And to add to your sense of desperation, you are inundated with Specialists, appointments, treatment plans, a plethora of medications and required follow up visits. The time to learn is short but the need to learn is essential for the successful care of your child. In this book, Overwhelmed to Empowered, I share my experiences and hindsight moments of lessons learned in an effort to show you that you are not alone and that you too can shake the feeling of being overwhelmed and embrace the sentiment of being empowered. To further assist you with your challenging but rewarding journey, I have created a log to help you maintain vital information such as appointment reminders, family history, immunizations, contact information for the dozen of Specialists that you will surely encounter, new and confusing terminology and a place to record questions that arise between appointments. This information will ultimately make your appointments more efficient and provide valuable data to each Specialist that could result in a change of treatment plan and/or medication. And because we all like to record data differently, the log is available as paper and as a mobile App. Remember, you represent the voice for your child. You are in the driver's seat and the doctors that you chose, work for you. Give them the resources that they need to be productive and valuable for you child.
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Overwhelmed to Empowered

Overwhelmed to Empowered

by WIESNER PU
Overwhelmed to Empowered

Overwhelmed to Empowered

by WIESNER PU

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When your child is born with a congenital or chronic illness, your life changes forever and it is easy to become overwhelmed. Most times you are the first in the family to have a child with their particular condition and you begin to feel a loneliness and separation that you don't think others can relate to. And to add to your sense of desperation, you are inundated with Specialists, appointments, treatment plans, a plethora of medications and required follow up visits. The time to learn is short but the need to learn is essential for the successful care of your child. In this book, Overwhelmed to Empowered, I share my experiences and hindsight moments of lessons learned in an effort to show you that you are not alone and that you too can shake the feeling of being overwhelmed and embrace the sentiment of being empowered. To further assist you with your challenging but rewarding journey, I have created a log to help you maintain vital information such as appointment reminders, family history, immunizations, contact information for the dozen of Specialists that you will surely encounter, new and confusing terminology and a place to record questions that arise between appointments. This information will ultimately make your appointments more efficient and provide valuable data to each Specialist that could result in a change of treatment plan and/or medication. And because we all like to record data differently, the log is available as paper and as a mobile App. Remember, you represent the voice for your child. You are in the driver's seat and the doctors that you chose, work for you. Give them the resources that they need to be productive and valuable for you child.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940158510977
Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc.
Publication date: 06/03/2016
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Jillian Theorgood is a Philadelphia native who has raised three awesome boys as a single parent. Brandon is now 27, Delmar Jr. is 18 and Julian is 16. She is also a very proud grandmother of a 2 year old grandson, Demetri. Jillian considers her family to be her most valuable asset and is proud to admit that her mother, Karen Davis and sister, Pamela Theorgood have been hands on and instrumental in helping her raise successful boys. Family time is cherished. Jillian put herself through school and earned a Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management from Temple University and a Master’s degree in Organizational Dynamics and Leadership from Saint Joseph’s University. She has lived in Darby Borough, Pennsylvania since 1998. Jillian has always been the type of person that when you meet her you meet a friend. To put it simply, she has a passion for people. There is no place that she visits that she doesn’t meet someone and enjoy meaningful conversation with them. Her career choice as a Human Resources professional furthered fed her passion for working with people as she assisted them in attaining their own careers, accessing needed resources and counseling them through difficult work situations. For many years she couldn’t believe that she was getting paid for what she loved to do. In addition to her professional career, Jillian stayed involved in her community as a Darby Borough Councilwoman and as an officer in the Women’s Democratic Club of Delaware County. As a Councilwoman she developed the first ever Darby Borough Youth Police Academy designed to open the lines of communication between police officers and our youth. Recently the local NAACP utilized her curriculum to create a regional youth police academy effort. Jillian has always been an advocate for the enrichment and empowerment of our youth. She has been a volunteer head track coach for a local catholic schools boys and girls track team since 2008, a volunteer presenter at youth forums and conducted training sessions on topics such as impression management, respecting yourself and the importance of education.
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