Meet the Child Inspired Team

Our story is one of triumphs and challenges along an exciting and sometimes unexpected journey. To understand our evolution, let’s start from the beginning.

During the winter of 2014, Christina's son (5 years old at the time) became ill with a childhood virus that quickly and unexpectedly worsened and led to life-threatening respiratory failure. He required advanced life support for several days until his medical condition could be stabilized. Drawing on her experience as an Occupational Therapist and her intense desire to communicate to Andrew that he was improving, she called a friend and asked her to make a “visual road map." Her friend illustrated a road that connected a symbol of the hospital with a picture of their home. “Andrew's Road Home”— and later "Get Well Map"— became a valuable communication tool to keep her son and their family encouraged throughout his medical journey and recovery. Though this medical crisis was a traumatic and uncertain time for the Connors family, he was fortunate to make a full physical recovery with the help of many pediatric professionals.

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