In 2009, I welcomed my little Hippo. He was perfect. No complications. He was insured. My kid had health insurance, his father had health insurance…suddenly, I did not, again. The bliss of having health insurance because of my high risk pregnancy, was taken away as quickly as I received it….
Tag: parenthood
More Than A Feeling
When I was growing up my step father and I bonded over music and baseball, which is interesting because my biological father and I also bonded over baseball and music. I’ve always loved the game. I got to play it for a little while, but not like I wanted too….
Expansion
I am very excited to say that crazycreolemommy.com is not the only place you can now find me! I’ve teamed up with four great IBD advocacy sites. EverydayHealth.com Early on in my advocacy life I was featured on the EverydayHealth.com website talking about a couple of different topics on IBD….
Surviving Summer & the 4th of July
I’m about as patriotic as they come. I love my country. I love our flag & symbols of patriotism. I love the pomp & circumstance surrounding the 4th of July. What I don’t like is, having an autoimmune disease in middle of summer. I love being outdoors. But too often…
Hello. I’m Brooke Abbott & I have IBD
After you have a baby you are ushered into this lovely sorority sisterhood of, Mommy Life. And like any type of group there will be the people you connect with and the people you don’t. But no matter what, you are apart of this club with a life long membership….
That one time I was, Cured.
This week I am celebrating the 5th anniversary of my colectomy. The surgery was done on April 7, 2012. But, April 3rd, was the first day I had ever heard the word, Cure, associated with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. There was this cure to IBD that people were getting. The removal…