Lupe & Isabel
Lupe & Isabel
Hear this family’s take on how they dealt with a UCD diagnosis.
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Adjusting to a UCD diagnosis can be overwhelming, with many unknowns. Isabel’s journey shows resilience, from managing her condition to pursuing her dreams.
I believe success is is possible.
When she was first diagnosed, success for our family was just getting her to the next birthday.
Managing her urea cycle disorder was extremely frightening because it was so new.
I didn't really know what to expect.
It took us a while to really know who the real Isabel was and who the sick Isabel was.
Success for Isabel today is grasping her school subjects with minimal issues.
She's gone through so much adversity and so much in her short life, but she wakes up everyday happy.
She wants to be a scientist.
She's like, well, if there isn't a cure by the time I become an adult, she's like, I'm going to make a cure.
