April 29, 2024 Post Event Update On April 29th, 2024, the Wilhelm Foundation, the Undiagnosed Diseases Network Foundation (UDNF), and Undiagnosed Diseases Network International (UDNI), hosted the Undiagnosed Day 2024 Event at Harvard Medical School. Presentations from Global experts highlighted the ...
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What the UDN offers patients like myself extends far beyond the obvious search for diagnosis and treatment. It offers a far more elusive gift; one that we struggle at times to find, and at other times to hang on to. One that we frequently abandon when caught in the throes of nihilistic despair.
It offers HOPE.
– Ingrid Kovitch, UDN Participant
For a lot of my childhood, I was really hopeful that my doctors were going to figure out a diagnosis that would miraculously explain everything that was going on with me. I was young and didn’t understand much about the world around me but what
Finding Connection While Undiagnosed Having an undiagnosed child with a disability leaves our family with many unanswered questions. What doctors specialize in our child’s care? How do we learn more about his condition? How do we map his future when there are no other maps
Phoebe, now nearly 13 years old, was first evaluated by the UDN in April 2017. It’s been four years and, like for so many others, information has been slow in coming. The timeline is blurred in my memory in a way that is likely familiar
