115: Melanie Dimmitt’s Story | a Diagnosis Delivered in Bite Sizes + How It Started Vs. How It’s Going
Today, we have a very special guest, Melanie Dimmitt. Melanie’s son Arlo has cerebral palsy, which isn’t a rare disease, but so many listeners reached out to recommend Melanie’s book Special to me. After reading her journey of coming to terms with her son’s diagnosis and navigating her new life of medically-complex parenting, I knew we had to talk to her.
Before Melanie received her son’s diagnosis, she was a little terrified of having a child with a disability. It wasn’t just that she was afraid of how hard it would be, but that she would miss out of so many parts of parenting and family…
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