You Can Call Me “Smiley Kylee” By Kylee Hunter You know your life will be interesting when one of the first words out of the doctor’s mouth at your birth is, “I think that’s a bladder”. My name is Kylee Hunter, I’m almost 18, and I was born with bladder exstrophy, a rare birth defect that…
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2016 Courage To Shine ™ – Brittney Freeman – July 9 2016
Read more about: Brittney Freeman – Teaching Others To Shine!! Click Here 2016 Courage to Shine™ Lisha Martinez & Adam Young Award . Brittney Freeman was presented with the 2016 Courage to Shine™ Lisha Marttinez & Adam Young Award on Saturday July 9 2016. Read more about: Brittney Freeman – Teaching Others To Shine!! Click Here Brittney Nichole Freeman is…
MISTY BLUE FOSTER – Courage To Shine™ – Role Model of the Month for June 2012
MISTY BLUE FOSTER – Courage To Shine™ – Role Model of the Month for June 2012 Courage to Shine Editor: Misty Blue Foster has been named the June 2012, Courage To Shine Role Model for the month. After you take the time to read her inspirational story below, you will totally understand why Courage to…
ENRIQUE ESCAJADA – Courage To Shine™ – Role Model of the Month for March 2012
Enrique Escajeda of California has been named the March 2012 – Courage to Shine – Role Model of the Month. In his honor we have reprinted his story below from January 26, 2012 ———————————————————————– Enrique Escajada – Aerialist Overcomes Adversity to Fly Published on January 26, 2012 Aerialist Overcomes Adversity to Fly by Enrique Escajeda Hello,…
2012 List of Camp and Campout Programs for Exstrophy Kids, Teens and Families:
2012 List of Camp and Campout Programs for Exstrophy Kids, Teens and Families By Thomas Exler For about the last 6 or 7 years or so each spring, I have been putting together a list of camps and programs for families living with bladder exstrophy. It originally started out as an e-mail, but this year it will…
I Will Work And Find The Courage To Shine
http://uromed.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/i-will-work-and-find-the-courage-to-shine/ From UroMed Hometown Heroes – Originally posted on January 30, 2012 For the first year or two of Courage to Shine’s existence, our main goal is to reach out to people with urinary defects. We’ll also have articles about other types of challenges and the people who have had these problems and still have achieved great things…
No Mountain Is Too High To Climb When You Have Courage
http://uromed.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/no-mountain-is-too-high-to-climb-when-you-have-courage/ From UroMed Hometown Heroes – Originally posted on January 28, 2012 Courage to Shine was created to help people who have medical challenges see that the only walls between where we are, and where we want to go, are the walls we put up. Once, I heard a speaker say, “When I became paralyzed, I didn’t spend…
Life’s Great Possibilities Await For People With Disabilities Who Find The Courage To Shine
http://uromed.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/the-great-possibilities-in-life-for-people-with-disabilities-who-find-the-courage-to-shine/ From UroMed Hometown Heroes – Originally posted on January 26, 2012 Exler: Courage to Shine, a new project we created, was originally created to be an awards program to honor outstanding people, especially those with bladder exstrophy. We wanted to honor accomplishments in society and in the greater world. As we developed the idea, we thought that a better…
James Cole – Overcoming Adversity – “A Life of Long Odds” Part 3 of 3 – Including The Short Film “The Night Before”
Part 1 – “A Life of Long Odds” Part 2 – “A Life of Long Odds” Editor’s Note: This is the final part of a 3 part series by James Cole – A Life of Long Odds – and we at Courage to Shine would like to thank James for showing the courage to help inspire us and…
James Cole – Overcoming Adversity – “A Life of Long Odds” Part 2 of 3
Part 1 – “A Life of Long Odds “A LIFE OF LONG ODDS” Part 2 of 3 By James Cole After moving to Cape Cod and starting a new life, I felt reborn. I had many new friends, a renewed passion for my filmmaking, art, and even acting – participating in two high school…
Megg Rose – Inspirational Story of Triumphing over Medical Adversity – Part 3 of 3
Editor’s Note from Thomas Exler: I first met Megg Rose in 1996 in Boulder, Colorado while attending a medical based camp program, and over the years we have continued to stay in touch, and no matter if she was shooting a TV Movie or competing in pageants, or raising her family. If you wanted to…
Enrique Escajada – Aerialist Overcomes Adversity to Fly
Aerialist Overcomes Adversity to Fly by Enrique Escajeda Hello, My name Is Enrique Escajeda and I was born with Bladder Exstrophy. For those that don’t know bladder exstrophy is when a person is born with their bladder on the outside of the body. It’s a complicated ailment that demands many surgeries especially throughout childhood. The…
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