Mixed Nuts: A textbook and Finley

Quotes

"There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark." - Helen Keller
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me." ~Erma Bombeck
You may never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.- Unknown
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow' ~Helen Keller
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."- Dr. Seuss
"Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you react to it."
"God doesn't give children with disabilities to strong people: He gives them to ordinary, everyday people, then He helps the parents to grow stronger through the journey. Raising a child with special needs doesn't TAKE a special family, it MAKES a special family."Author Unknown
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go – Abraham Lincoln
Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. ~ Benjamin Franklin
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is a miracle - Albert Einstein
The journey of a 1000 miles starts with a single step
Sometimes in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives you a fairy tale
Where there is great love, there are always miracles - Willa Cather
The Difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a little longer
Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness
There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings.
Be the change you want to see in the world
Don't tell God how big the storm is, tell the storm how big Your God is..........
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it
Fall down seven times - get up eight - unknown
Despite our differences, we sink or swim together
Life may not be the party we expected, but while we are here, we might as well dance
"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." -Confucius

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

A textbook and Finley

Here is the page in the genetics text book where our small story is. I though you would enjoy seeing it. It was really cool to see Finley's picture in a text book.

Ricki Lewis - the writer of these textbooks, writes for McGraw-Hill. She found our blog a while ago, and asked if she could include Finley in this particular chapter. We had to sign some papers, and send her a picture and she did the rest! It is pretty cool. Mat met up with her at the genetics conference this past week and she gave him a copy of the book. nd she signed it, which was equally as cool.

Ricki has also written a book called "Gene Therapy and the Boy who Fixed it" - which will be coming out in March. It is about our little friend Corey Kaas who had successful gene therapy done on his LCA. (hHe has a different type of LCA, but Dr. Bennett - our researcher - is the one who cured him. See the cool circle we have?) She talked to Mat about the book, and Finley and her pictures will be included in that as well. You can order a copy at Amazon.com and it will be out in March. When we get closer - I will share more with you. Very exciting.

The more we can get out about LCA, the better chance we have at a cure. We are shouting as loud as we can, and so far, the right people are hearing us. And we hope all of our faitherful friends, family, and readers will start shouting with us so that one day our girl will be CURED.