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   Just wanted to take a minute to introduce myself... I'm Amie from Michigan... Last year on 9/25 I was admitted to the hospital and almost lost my life less then 12 hours later on 9/26 my daughter Cailey (10 at the time 11 now) was admitted and almost lost her fight as well.  We spent months in the hospital, Cailey was in ICU and on a vent for over 6 months, we were told everything from she will not make it, to she would need a double lung transplant to she could be on a vent for life.  Cailey had other ideas though and we will finaly able to bring her home in February vent free.  We teamed up with the ALA and Faces of Influenza to help educate as many people as we can so what we went through they don't have to.
Anyway just wanted to introduce myself and say hi to everyone 

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AmieWelch Experienced Member Joined: September 22 2010 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 16	Topic: Hi Everyone Posted: September 22 2010 at 3:56pm
	Just wanted to take a minute to introduce myself... I'm Amie from Michigan... Last year on 9/25 I was admitted to the hospital and almost lost my life less then 12 hours later on 9/26 my daughter Cailey (10 at the time 11 now) was admitted and almost lost her fight as well. We spent months in the hospital, Cailey was in ICU and on a vent for over 6 months, we were told everything from she will not make it, to she would need a double lung transplant to she could be on a vent for life. Cailey had other ideas though and we will finaly able to bring her home in February vent free. We teamed up with the ALA and Faces of Influenza to help educate as many people as we can so what we went through they don't have to. Anyway just wanted to introduce myself and say hi to everyone
	Amie Welch
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Jen147 Forum Moderator Joined: August 28 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 6756	Posted: September 22 2010 at 4:24pm
	Amie, thank you so much for introducing yourself and sharing your story!
	TN
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Penham Forum Moderator Chief Moderator Joined: April 26 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2055	Posted: September 22 2010 at 7:46pm
	Hi Amie, welcome to the forum! Your first hand experience will be quite valuable to the forum! We look forward to you sharing your experiences with us in the future and I am sure we will have many questions!
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Gexydaf Forum Moderator Washington Volunteer Joined: April 26 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 891	Posted: September 22 2010 at 8:46pm
	Hi Amie, I'm so sorry you had to go through that. <<We teamed up with the ALA and Faces of Influenza to help educate as many people as we can so what we went through they don't have to.>> That is so wonderful that you are giving back like that! What is ALA? All I can think of is the American Library Association!
	"By failing to prepare you are preparing to fail." -- Ben Franklin
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thanks4forum Forum Moderator Joined: August 23 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3612	Posted: September 23 2010 at 5:46am
	Amie, Welcome! Am glad that you and Callie survived!! Looking forward to learning more about your experience. Gex...Is it American Lung Assoc? T4F
	Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next...Jonas Salk
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AmieWelch Experienced Member Joined: September 22 2010 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 16	Posted: September 23 2010 at 6:41am
	Yeah its the American Lung Association, they lunched the Faces of Influenza program a few years ago
	Amie Welch
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