Episode 107: Cindy Walsh

This week, I catch up with rural mum Cindy Walsh. Just weeks before her son Thomas was born, she was told he had just a 2% chance of survival. After countless tests and thousands of kilometres of travel from their farm, at four months of age, he was finally diagnosed with an extremely rare disease called Hypophosphatasia (HPP), otherwise known as 'soft bones'. But thanks to a miracle treatment, Cindy's little boy not only survived, but has thrived. This is her story.

SPONSOR: Possums & Co., founded by Dr Pamela Douglas has been awarded funding through the Australian Government’s Perinatal Mental Health and Wellbeing Program. This grant aims to protect the mental health and emotional well-being of new parents in regional, rural and remote Australia.

NDC Rural is offering 300 scholarships to health professionals wishing to complete the Neuroprotective Developmental Care (NDC or ‘the Possums Programs’) Accreditation Pathway. These scholarships are available to GPs and other health professionals in their local networks and focus on developing skills to support in areas such as breastfeeding, sleep, cry-fuss problems and maternal mental health.

For more information or to submit your interest for a scholarship, please visit www.possumsonline.com/ndcrural

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