Thursday, October 30, 2014

Parent of a Congenital CMV Child?

The following document, How Writing and Scriptures Got Me Through the Shock of Congenital CMV,  contains my  inner struggles of raising my daughter born with congenital CMV. I chose not to include many of those dark, lonely nights in my published memoir, Anything But A Dog!: The Perfect Pet For A Girl With Congenital Cmv (Cytomegalovirus)--A mother’s humorous and moving search for one pet to suit two very different daughters, one a tomboy, the other mentally and physically disabled from the # 1 birth defects virus-- because I thought it would be too hard for the general public to read. Anything But a Dog! is meant to highlight that a congenital CMV child and family can move forward and have a happy life complete with pets, friends, etc. It also includes a chapter on congenital cytomegalovirus prevention and quotes from CMV experts.
 
If you are the parent of child with congenital CMV and are severely struggling, and want to know in detail what I did to survive those early, difficult paralyzing thoughts (including prescription help from a doctor), please click here: How Writing and Scriptures Got Me Through the Shock of Congenital CMV.

To watch me read a short excerpt from my published memoir, Anything But A Dog!: The Perfect Pet For A Girl With Congenital Cmv (Cytomegalovirus), visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIDJZkVYhnc
 
 
 
 

Saturday, October 25, 2014

Getting Thin and Famous to Promote Congenital CMV Awareness

Many of you know my kooky attempts to get thin and famous so people will listen to my message about congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) prevention. If you want to keep up to date on what I'm trying to do (right now I'm trying to find a shipwreck with a famous shipwreck explorer), then you may enjoy my newsletter, Mystic Seafarer's Trail (which is a continuation of my book, Mystic Seafarer's Trail, where I tried to get thin and famous like Amelia Earhart--who was secretly married near my house--by embarking on a long winter voyage with a  blind sailor).

If you want that newsletter (comes out about twice a month), you can subscribe and see old issues by clicking here:
http://us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=0dd2dc5fa327d215c27770e46&id=bfe0fe30a4&e=19a204ea67

Thanks for all you do to prevent the suffering caused by congenital CMV.
Lisa Saunders, www.authorlisasaunders.com

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Congenital CMV and Your State/Territory Representatives

Ronda Menlove, Utah House of Representatives and of the Utah CMV Council, provided the following list of
State Legislature Websites:
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
United States

 

Source: MultiState Associates Incorporated