Remedies for Sorrow: An Extraordinary Child, a Secret Kept from Pregnant Women, and a Mothers Pursuit of the Truth Nix Megan
Remedies for Sorrow: An Extraordinary Child, a Secret Kept from Pregnant Women, and a Mothers Pursuit of the Truth Nix Megan An inspiring memoir and work of fierce advocacy by a mother whose child is…
Specifikacia Remedies for Sorrow: An Extraordinary Child, a Secret Kept from Pregnant Women, and a Mothers Pursuit of the Truth Nix Megan
Remedies for Sorrow: An Extraordinary Child, a Secret Kept from Pregnant Women, and a Mothers Pursuit of the Truth Nix Megan
An inspiring memoir and work of fierce advocacy by a mother whose child is born deaf, leading her to investigate and expose a preventable virus that causes more childhood disabilities than any other--but is kept quiet by the medical community.One virus causes more birth defects and disabilities in children than any other infectious disease, yet 91 percent of Americans don't know it exists. Megan and her husband learned that Anna could be deaf and have lifelong delays due to an infection in the womb with cytomegalovirus, or CMV, a disease Megan unknowingly contracted from her toddler during pregnancy.While doctors warn pregnant women against the risks of lunch meats, sushi, and unpasteurized cheese, they don't mention that CMV is contagious in the saliva of one out In 2015, Megan Nix's second daughter, Anna, was born remarkably small and failed her newborn hearing tests.