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  • https://www.joeniekrofoundation.com/the-caregivers-side/caregiver-around-globe-christine-hryb/

    Caregiver Around the Globe, Christine Hryb

    It was at 5:00AM, my 18 year-old daughter, Gabriella, just got finished with her early morning workout before school (her senior year) on April 24th, 2017. She started complaining of her head really hurting and started crying because of the pain. She then stumble in the kitchen and started throwing up several times. We called […]

    Posted on Thursday, August 10, 2017
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    Survivor Around the Globe, Ronald Kratz

    I was planned to travel 500 miles to North Carolina and surprise visit my aunt and uncle, but both had plans to go out of state so I cancelled reservations. Since I had off work, I took my mom out to visit my dads grave and stopped in a local casino resort on the way. […]

    Posted on Friday, July 7, 2017
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  • https://www.joeniekrofoundation.com/the-caregivers-side/caregiver-around-globe-reena-bayardo/

    Caregiver Around the Globe, Reena Bayardo

    I am the daughter of a mom that lost her life to a ruptured aneurysm when I was only 16 – my mother was only 36. Then, on December 18th, 2015, my 15 year-old daughter was walking to school and collapsed, went unconscious and woke up vomiting. She called me as I was on my way […]

    Posted on Wednesday, June 28, 2017
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  • https://www.joeniekrofoundation.com/survivors-around-the-globe/survivor-around-globe-courtney-cuba/

    Survivor Around the Globe, Courtney Cuba

    I was made aware of my AVM in April 2013 when I was in a car accident. The hospital ran scans on my brain just to be sure I didn’t have a bleed from the impact of the accident and they stumbled upon my AVM. I never had any symptoms in my 29 years of […]

    Posted on Wednesday, June 21, 2017
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    Survivor Around the Globe, Mary Bratt

    I’m a 67 year old AVM survivor who loves to spread awareness! Somehow I made it to age 60 before my AVM made itself known with a rupture while we were vacationing in Albuquerque in October 2009. Our 5 day planned vacation turned into a 2 month stay in the hospital and rehab there. We […]

    Posted on Thursday, May 25, 2017
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