In February of 2019, Jake and Cayla received devastating news during their 20 week anatomy scan. On today’s episode, this husband and wife duo share the story of their daughter Parker’s birth at 34 weeks and her arthrogryposis amyoplasia diagnosis, then take us on their NICU journey. We also discuss in-home nursing, adaptive sign language and finding joy despite difficult circumstances. 

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺’𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦, 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘺𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘢 (𝘈𝘔𝘊) 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘐𝘊𝘜.