• AS Family article

    Life With An Angel

    By Efi Paschalidou My husband and I wanted a child more than anything else in the world.  After two years of trying we saw the magic line on the pregnancy test. Our joy was unspeakable. But unfortunately my pregnancy was difficult from the start. Placental abruption, hemorrhage, contractions from the 6th month, not being able to feel the baby, prematurity. We said that it is our child and we would adore it even if something went wrong.  Finally we held her in our arms after many days in the incubator. Our doctor and the other doctors in the hospital told us that our baby was fine, that it was a…

  • AS Foundations,  Asociacion Sindrome de Angelman Spain,  Books

    New Book: Life With An Angel

     “What is Angelman Syndrome?” That is usually the first question we ask the doctor as soon as our child is diagnosed with this rare disease. The following questions may be of the kind: What can we do? Is there a treatment? What is their life expectancy? As soon as we become aware of the fact that there is no treatment or cure, our whole life is turned upside down. Each individual family deals with the situation the best way they can. Some choose denial. However, sooner or later, they will try to contact other families in the same situation who will be able to understand, to share their own experience…