We get a call and we go in that very same day.

And that day we got admitted and we redid all of the tests.

And some of them are pretty painful.

They're not a very fun test to go through.

And we redid all those tests and the doctors walked in and handed us papers that said spinal mastrial atrophy.

And I was so naive. I was like, okay,

okay, not so bad. We got this. I was like, okay. I'm like, I'm like, fast past Disney. I'm like,

because if you're in a wheelchair, you just right to the front, you're just priority. I was like,

I'm going to get all the prime parking because they now get the blue little handicapped sticker, like, beep, beep, here we come, prime parking.

And then the doctor could tell that I wasn't getting the severity of this.

And she had that piece of paper discussing the different types.

After caring for Sean and Chenaya for almost nine years, I didn't know the severity and the

different types.

I don't know, call me naive, blonde, whatever it is. She said to me,

she goes, Jess, this is spinal muscular atrophy. We're waiting for the confirmation from the blood

test, but we don't think that Lewiston will make his first birthday. And we don't have treatment.

There's nothing we can do. Our role here will just be to make them comfortable.

Today I have another bite-sized plot twist podcast episode for you,

which is a shorter clip from a past episode where the guest shares the story of that pivotal moment in their life that directed them toward

what ultimately became their path and their purpose.

Sometimes that plot twist looks like getting fired from a job or getting betrayed by a friend.

In the case of today's guest, Jessica Jansen, her journey began when she volunteered to help a family care for two children with a rare

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