I am and always will be special. I am and always will be DBA Strong!
While I know the road will not always be without struggle, we will continue to learn more through research and the determination of the amazing DBA community.
DBA is a part of who I am… it does not define me nor will it stand in the way of my hopes and dreams.
I stand DBA Strong with the help of my family, friends, and DBA friends.
Some days are good, others not so good. Please help find a cure for our family.
Same journey, different paths. Bound together by the same heartaches, triumphs, and hope for a cure. That’s DBA Family!
Sometimes I feel like the odd one out, restricted by DBA. I just have to keep reminding myself that God wouldn’t bless me with this challenge if He didn’t think I could handle it. I don’t let DBA define me, I try to defy DBA.
As parents it is difficult to watch our son go through so much (IVs, pokes, transfusions, ER visits, steriod side effects, tests, ect.), but the resilience and toughness Elton shows each day is what gets us through.
It is the tough things I have gone through with DBA that has made me the man I am.
Good things come in small packages! I may be little, but I’m a fighter – DBA… no contest.
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