As parents, one of the absolute worst things that we can hear is they there is a problem with our young baby, a baby that is so dear to us, so when we hear that there is a problem, it’s really hard to hear.
Even though the odds can be stacked against you, or seem like they are, children are really resilient and can really surprise the most skeptical!
The amazing spirit to fight back against challenges, the courage to face hardships is really wonderful, and very inspiring too!
Dylan was born some five years ago, at that time the doctors said that they realized very quickly that there was something wrong, the skin on his back was dark red, the rest of his body was covered in big, what seemed like, liver spots, you couldn’t miss it.
It happened that Dylan did, in fact, have a serious problem called Congenital Melanocytic Nevus, where 80% of his body was covered in birthmarks!
The doctor said to his mother, Kara, that her son had to go through many surgeries in the first few years of his life.
Other patients that have Congenital Melanocytic Nevus also have a higher risk of skin cancer developing, and it’s really important for them to always keep a watch on their birthmarks.
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The huge mole that covered most of Dylans back was so incredibly big that the doctor said they would surgically remove it, but it was a hard operation and used skin from other parts of his tiny body, poor boy!
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Dylan grew older and the doctor said that they were then able to perform the more complex operations, and also to have enough skin to transplants.
They even put breast implants into those areas to stretch the skin ready for the operations, this boy is really one brave boy!
Dylan had these implants for a long time, three months of putting up with them, his skin grew bigger in that time to help to have enough skin to get rid of the huge moles on him.
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Dyan has had so very many operations so far, after 26 operations, around half of his huge mole was removed.
His mom, Kara said:
“We’re holding onto hope that the moles never turn on and become cancerous, but he could develop cancer at any point …He has surgery every three to six months, dependent on which area of the body.”
Even though he had all his operations and hardship he that he suffered, he really is a happy little boy!
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“We are trying to do what’s best for him, we want to give him the fullest, longest life we possibly can …Dylan amazes me constantly, he always has a smile on his face and feels like he owns the hospital, all the nurses know and love him.”
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Dylan knows that he looks different to other kids, but he’s ok with that, strangers stare sometimes, but then Dylan explains to them why he looks how he is.
Most people are just a little interested in why he is like that and are polite, sometimes though there are others that are really mean, some people are just plain mean people!
Kara said:
“Once in a supermarket a store manager asked us to leave because one of their customers was upset about having seen our child, which was very upsetting”
His mom, quite rightly, refused to hide or be ashamed in any way at all, we commend her!
She goes on to say:
“I’m not afraid to take him out at all and I don’t want him to be worried or think there is something he should be ashamed of.”
His parents also created a Facebook page to follow his recovery, and for people that may be interested in his recovery too.
Dylan is such a brave and clever little boy, we wish him the best for the future and that all his future operations go really well.
Please feel free to share his story and to celebrate both his braveness and his awesome fighting spirit for life, such a brave boy needs recognition and encouragement, how amazing!
Our hearts break into a million pieces for this poor mother who missed so much in life. She missed holding her baby daughter in her arms, singing her lullabies, getting her ready for school, and what’s most, she missed the birth of her grandkids, as well as seeing their kids come to this world. It’s heartbreaking to know that her life could have been a lot different, but unfortunately, it is now way too late for anything to be changed.
Genevive Puriton was an 18-year-old lady when she got pregnant and gave birth to a baby daughter back in 1949. She was over the moon and couldn’t wait to embrace her bundle of joy when she heard the nurses saying how the baby didn’t make it. This young mother’s world collapsed. This affected her so hard that she couldn’t move on and have a family on her own or any more kids.
However, little did this woman know that her biological daughter was safe and sound, living with a foster family on the other side of the country. Connie Moultroup always wanted to trace her biological parents. And now, after 69 years, her dream came true.
With the help of DNA tests and analyzes Connie came to the conclusion that her mother was the 88-year-old lady Genevieve Purinton. The encounter between the long lost mother and daughter is something so deep and touching that it will make tears of emotions roll down your face. This is the most beautiful moment in the life of Genevieve.
However, it is beyond sad that they can never make up for all the years lost. This mother was condemned to a lifetime of emptiness and loneliness. The poor lady missed all the joys, but at least she got the one last chance to kiss her baby girl.
Take a look at the heartwarming reunion in the video below!
Many people from other parts of the world dream of living in America. They all desire to achieve the American Dream at the land of freedom, honor, justice, and opportunity.
One thing that makes America a great country is its military. The men and women who serve are our pride and joy.
A recent video shared on TikTok by the user @vigi.boo shows the incredible sense of sacrifice by our Marines.
With the recent floods which took place in Virginia, many found themselves stuck on the roads, unable to move for many hours. The woman behind the video got stranded in the middle of a highway in Arlington, Virginia’s Columbia Pike, parts of which were completely flooded.
As she was standing there not knowing what to do, she spotted a group of Marines wading through the water to help her. They were wearing their dress blues and were more than willing to do what they do best, serve the citizens.
“The Marines are going to help us?” the woman could be heard asking. “We just got stuck.”
The men, whose uniforms were soaked because of the pouring rain, started pushing the vehicle.
“This is the most American thing ever,” the woman in the video could be heard saying in excitement. She kept repeating “Thank you so much!” to the Marines as they pushed the vehicle.
Many media users who have seen the video agree with the woman who took it. This truly was “The most American thing ever.”
“As an immigrant we don’t usually see these things in the country I grew up in,” the woman wrote alongside the video she shared online, according to ARLNow. “I am so grateful for the country and its Marines and military.”
Some commented that the heroes who lent a helping hand were in their uniforms because they were “the guys that ceremoniously carry the caskets of fellow Marines at Arlington National Cemetery.”
A sign for the Memorial Bridge, which is near the historic military resting grounds, could be seen in the background of the video.
What these Marines did is all our country should be about, and that’s taking care for one another. Thank you and may God bless you all.
Brian Laundrie, who remains the sole person of interest in the murder of his fiancé Gabby Petito, is still on the run.
The case of Gabby attracted the attention of the entire country and everyone is following the case with eyes wide open hoping for her murdered to be caught and brought to justice as soon as possible.
Besides the police, John Walsh, of America’s Most Wanted, and Dog the Bounty Hunter are also helping in tracking Laundrie down.
Recently, one engineer named Dennis Davis claimed that he came across Laundrie while hiking and said he only realized he was talking to the suspect when he was already gone. He was asking for directions to California via backroads only, claiming he was trying to reach his girlfriend. The man looked skittish and lost. Davis also claimed that none of his calls was returned by the FBI.
Gabby’s body was found in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming on September 19. The coroner ruled the cause of death as homicide.
The manhunt for Brian Laundrie continued Monday as Dog the Bounty Hunter, who recently joined the weeks-long search in Florida, handed evidence to the FBI https://t.co/7H1bmcI9YH
Prior to her missing, a footage of Gabby was taken by the police when the van she and Laundrie were traveling with was stopped. The footage was later released to the public but it painted Gabby as the aggressor of the two.
Another footage, taken by another police officer, which was an hour long, shows Gabby admitting she had been grabbed and hit by her boyfriend. Former attorney Happy Morgan has accused the department of a “cover-up” for failing to release this second footage. It was only shown to the public after he lodged a complaint.
Gabby’s parents filed a missing person report after their daughter failed to return home with her boyfriend. Laundrie returned by himself and refused to say where Gabby was. Instead, he hired a lawyer and later disappeared.
Black men get killed by police weekly for driving while black. #BrianLaundrie, a white man, drives his fiance’s van across the country while she’s missing, is allowed to chill with his parents, & mysteriously vanishes. How would Brian be treated if he was black?#gabbypetitiopic.twitter.com/j7YS7i6n8M
Speaking of that upsetting footage, Gabby’s mother, Nicole Schmidt, said, “I”m glad we got to see that reality because people aren’t what you see on social media.
“Even though that police video is hard to watch, I think it was a blessing to see that she’s a real human being and she was in pain.
“And I’m glad that she lived a really good life and she died doing what she loved to do. She was out there in nature camping. She lived her dream and I’m glad she got to do that.”
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During their appearance on Dr. Phil, the family pleaded for Laundrie to turn himself in. Nichole said, “I want to look him in the eyes.”
Gabby’s father, Joe Petito, added, “I want to see him in a jail cell the rest of his life where — he’s an outdoorsman — being in that concrete cell that he can’t go see those trees and smell the fresh air like that.”
He then said that he knows their daughter would have been happy seeing the family working together and being under one roof again.
“She’d be excited that we’re working together,” Joe said. “We’re doing this together. This is what she wants… She always wanted us to live in a big house together, you know what I mean? She loved all of us.”
Gabby Petito’s parents spoke together for the first time since the 22-year-old’s memorial service on “Dr. Phil.”
They share the hope that her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, is found alive. “I want to look him in the eyes,” said her mother. pic.twitter.com/P2bK1cX673
The family have launched the Gabby Petitio Foundation hoping to help other missing persons and assist victims of domestic violence.
“If you gotta hashtag Gabby Petito to bring that story to the top, do it. Do it,” Joe said. “Do it now. There’s no reason not to. We’re not getting her back but maybe you can get someone back, and that would be awesome.
“And then let me know, because that would make me feel better that there’s not a meaningless death for Gabby.”
Rest in peace Gabby. We truly hope Laundrie would be brought to justice as soon as possible so that the family can get the closure they need.
A horrible accident left one mother fighting for her life. Charlie Anne Xavier was sanding a table on September 10, 2021, when the sanding machine exploded. She caught on fire but somehow managed to crawl out of the flames. Unfortunately, around 85% of her body suffered severe burns. It is a miracle she stayed alive.
So far, this mother of two had to undergo 11 surgeries and doctors’ prognosis are that it will take years to recover.
Her husband, André Xavier, spoke to WVIR and said that his wife “is beating the odds day by day.” He, however, is aware that the recovery would be a long and painful one, but he believes that Charlie would stay strong for her boys.
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The family started a GoFundMe page to help them with the medical bills and said that any leftover money would be later donated to other burn survivor victims in Charlie’s name.
The fundraiser says, “Charlie is a powerhouse. She’s the girl cheering the loudest, smiling the brightest, and laughing non-stop. She’s the first one there when something or someone is needed, and always the one who can make you smile and feel good about yourself after being with her. She’s a wife and a mother to two beautiful boys – a four-year-old and nine-month-old. She will heal and come home, and it’s our privilege to serve her now.”
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André shares updates on Facebook about his wife’s state and is grateful to anyone who sends their prayers for her recovery.
“I would like to share something about Charlie, since I met her 14 years ago, and since we have been married for 13 years, I don’t ever remember her complaining about her pain,” André wrote in one of his posts. “She was diagnosed with RA at age 17 months, so she knows pain all her life! And it is no different now, even though I can’t even fathom the idea of her current pain, she has not complained once!”
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He says Charlie is one hell of a strong woman. That, and the love for her children and husband is what makes her go forward and fight for her life every single day.
“I don’t have words to explain how incredible this is for me, the ability to suffer in silence it is something reserved for incredible souls and Charlie is an incredible human being and soul!” André continued. “I can confidently say, that my love for her has grown and shifted since the accident, I feel like my love now is almost a form of devotion, I have accepted this new role that has been assigned to me on our new life! I am devoted to take care of my beautiful wife and soul mate and our two adorable little boys.”
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We truly hope Charlie’s recovery would be a speedy one because she deserves to get on her feet and be with her family again.
New trends set by trendsetters influence many people to change the way they look. This doesn’t only apply on the way they dress, but the way their body and face look as well. Today, we witness many men and women getting fillers, applying permanent makeup, having their nails and lips done, and a lot more.
We do understand the urge to look better than we already do, but somewhere along the way, many of us forget to embrace their natural beauty and accept themselves the way they are.
One recent trend in the beauty industry is microblading eyebrows, which is basically a tattooing technique that helps enhance or reshape the appearance of the eyebrows.
A mother of three from Australia named Amanda Coats was looking forward to getting her new eyebrows not assuming things could turn wrong. After the treatment, she was advised to keep the area clean and avoid possible infections, which she claims she did. She went to bed happy and satisfied that night only to wake up the following morning and discover that her skin fell off.
“The next day I woke up and my skin had come off onto the pillow, it was red and swollen. I went to the doctor immediately because of the pain and severe swelling. It felt like something was eating away at my skin, my skin was peeling off. I was in so much pain,” the worried mom said.
“My eyes were so swollen I couldn’t drive – I couldn’t even take my children to school because of the swelling, the pain and the pus in my eyes.”
Scared and angry, she went to the hospital to ask for medical help which cost her $1,000. Later, she shared her story in hopes of preventing something similar from happening to other people. But as soon as the salon heard her story, they accused her of losing customers and sued her, saying what happened to her wasn’t their fault. They claimed Amanda was either allergic to the ink or she didn’t took proper care of the area around her eyebrows and caught an infection.
Her story was later featured in the popular television program The Doctors where doctors tried to figure out what went wrong in Amanda’s case.
Amanda urges people to do their homework whenever they try any sort of procedure. “I want to make sure no one has to go through what I went through and that’s the reason I’m speaking out,” she said speaking to Metro.
The cult hero of the American cinema and the actor who helped shape an era in the film industry, Humphrey Bogart, remains a true legend years after his death.
He was born on Christmas Day in 1899 in a wealthy New York family. His father was a surgeon and his mother, whom he later described as a hardworking woman who didn’t show much love, was a painter.
Before he started his stage career, Bogart served in the United States Navy at the end of World War I. He moved to film, but his appearances in the movies between 1930 and 1934 didn’t caught the attention of many directors and producers, so Bogart turned to the stage before he would finally make a name for himself; a name which stands for one of the most prominent actors ever. In fact, his career had such a deep impact on Hollywood that in 1999, the American Film Institute selected him as the greatest male star of classic American cinema.
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Most of the roles he played are part of films that are still considered classics. Just think of The Maltese Falcon and The African Queen.
In the iconic Casablanca, Bogart played the role of night club owner Rick Blaine and starred alongside stunning Ingrid Bergman. The number of movies handsome Bogart starred in is over 80 during the course of his career.
He was married four times, with his last wife Lauren Bacall, whom he considered the love of his life, staying together until his passing in 1957. The two had two children together, son Stephen and daughter Leslie.
Great Humphrey Bogart died of esophageal cancer. He had undergone a surgery but never recovered. Speaking of his last days, his wife wrote in her memoir how he started looking as a completely different person, with his hand and arm being “swollen to four times their normal size” and a “terrible black thing placed in his mouth to keep him from swallowing his tongue.”
According to his doctor, Michael Flynn, Bogart put his hand on the arm of wife Lauren Bacall and said “goodbye, kid,” and that was it.
His funeral was attended by over 3,000 people, with all the celebrities of the time being there to say their last goodbye, among which Audrey Hepburn, Judy Garland, Ronald Reagan, Bette Davis, Joan Fontaine, Marlene Dietrich and Errol Flynn.
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Humphrey’s Stephen Humphrey Bogart is a famous writer, producer, and businessman. Over the years, he spoke a lot of his father and what it is like being the son of the greatest American actor. Stephen was just eight years old when his father died and he wasn’t fully aware of the popularity his dad enjoyed.
Stephen recalls how his dad always put his family first and despite being busy filming, he would always find the time to be with his wife and kids. “He would take me down to the Santana,” he told Fox News. “Eventually, finally, when I learned how to swim, we would go out on the boat. I remember going to Catalina Island and swimming back to the Santana. I made it and he was very proud of me at that time because he knew that I knew how to swim. That kind of pride sticks with you.”
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He also spoke of the time he couldn’t go anywhere without paparazzi following his every step.
“They came at me like a gang of big kids, taking my picture without even asking,” Stephen wrote according to The New York Times.
“I didn’t want my picture taken anymore. But now at the church, after the funeral, I knew how to stop them, I thought. I would simply put my hands over my face so they couldn’t see me, and they would not take my picture.”
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Stephen is still doing his best to keep his dad’s legacy alive. He runs the page Humphrey Bogart Estate’sFacebook Page and is working closely with the Esophageal Cancer Action Network.
“It’s great films, great writing. He was an excellent, great actor and everything just sort of came together. It’s like being Elvis Presley’s kids. How do you quantify that? You can’t, really. It’s just an amazing thing to me and it’s an amazing thing that my mother and my father are my mother and my father. I mean, “oh you’re Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall’s kid?” I don’t think that way, but it is pretty amazing that somebody is their child and that that somebody is me,” he told Cinema Fanatic.
From the moment Bruce Jenner, the Olympic gold medal-winning decathlete, told the world he was transitioning into a woman, all eyes were on her. Today, 5 years after she came forward about how she truly felt about herself and her body, Caitlyn Jenner is still causing a stir. Some love her for being brave, others detest her for how she chose to live her life.
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Caitlyn, a father of five, including two of the sisters of the Kardashian clan, Kylie and Kendal, looks very feminine. Honestly, one can never tell she used to be a man.
However, in order to achieve that, she had undergone a number of surgeries, such as hairline correction, forehead contouring, and jaw and chin contouring. Before having the most important surgery of all, gender reassignment surgery, Caitlyn had her beard removed and got breast implants.
Wanting to be an inspiration for others who are afraid to confess how they truly feel about themselves, Caitlyn wrote a book, “The Secrets of My Life” where she wrote, “The surgery was a success, and I feel not only wonderful but liberated. So why even consider it? Because it’s just a penis. It has no special gifts or use for me other than what I have said before, the ability to take a whiz in the woods. I just want to have all the right parts.”
Throughout her journey of transitioning to a woman, Caitlyn came under the fire of many mean people who posted mean and hurtful comments, but she was able to overcome each and every obstacle that stood on her way to complete liberation and happiness.
The 70-year-old even took part in a reality show, the British version of I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here where she went makeup free and showed everyone how beautiful she truly is.
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Many say Caitlyn is doing all this for the fame, others say she’s an inspiration, and we say she’s a brave soul. What do you think of Caitlyn?
