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This week we bring you an interview with Ana Anselmo, the founder of NoMooForMe, a website dedicated to dairy free recipes and products, FloridaFrugalFamily, a website dedicated to deals and saving money. Ana also has a website dedicate to journaling her daughter's journey with liver disease. Her daughter, Savannah, was born with Biliary Atresia and required a liver transplant in order to survive. You can learn about Savannah at CotaForSavannahA.com, a non profit dedicated to raising funds to pay for medical and transplant related expenses.
While Savannah was pre-transplant their family experienced many nights in Ronald McDonald Houses which led Ana to started MamiOnAMcMission (M.O.M.). The mission of M.O.M. is to provide a "Welcome Wagon" filled with new toys for the kids staying at the Ronald McDonald house in Fort Lauderdale. Each child will be able to pick a new toy when arriving at the Ronald McDonald House. A very busy woman to say the least.
PowerCapes: Ana, tell us a little about yourself.
Ana Anselmo: I am a proud Mami of a 3 year old little Warrior Princess. I met the love of my life, Robert, when I was 18 years old and have been married to him for 17 years in July. Three years ago, I was in a Doctorate program studying clinical psychology (this I thought was the passion of my life). Then I became pregnant and had a beautiful little girl named Savannah.
PowerCapes: How is this related to CotaForSavannahA.com?
Ana Anselmo: The Children's Organ Transplant Association (COTA) is a non-profit organization established to help families fundraise in order to cover the out of pocket costs surrounding an organ transplant. Savannah has a COTA site that chronicles her journey as well as to fundraise.
Savannah was born with a rare liver disease named Biliary Atresia. When she was 4 months old we were told she would need a liver transplant or she would not reach her 2nd birthday. You can imagine how earth shattering this was to us. We waited 8 long months and then on December 29, 2007 we received “The Call” that would change our lives forever. Savannah was to receive the “Gift of Life” from her donor angel. She received a liver transplant and not only reached her 2nd birthday but her 3rdbirthday and we look forward to many more birthday blessings! If you are interested in learning more about this journey you may visit our blog at CotaForSavannahA.com. Although Savannah has received her liver transplant she will be immune suppressed for the rest of her life in order to keep her body from rejecting her new liver.
PowerCapes: And why start MamiOnAMcMission with so much already on your plate?
Ana Anselmo: We had the blessing of serving dinner at the Fort Lauderdale Ronald McDonald House with my husband's amazingly generous coworkers in the beginning of the year. My daughter along with our friend's daughter immediately started to play with a 3 year old little girl who had just come to the House the same day. I was so happy to know that the memories of the first night in the House for this child's parents would include the huge laughter that these three little ones shared...oh and THEY laughed and ran..it was great! This little girl was due to lose her eye to a cancer she had been diagnosed with just 2 weeks prior...another little Warrior Princess. As we left, I asked the father of this little princess if she had any toys with her and he said, "At home but not here. We just grabbed her medical records, some clothes and ran". I knew this truth, for when you are faced with a medical crisis involving your child you simply go into auto pilot to save your child's life. I KNEW at this moment that I would make it our families mission to welcome each child walking through the doors at this House with a toy...for these children are just that...children.
PowerCapes: Ana, Thanks for your time. We hope that our readers have learned something here today. And we hope and pray that we all have a little superhero in us and make some donations to their favorite organization to help all kids in need.
You can help a child at the Ronald McDonald house by clicking here to donate a cape.
You can also support the CotaForSavannahA organization by going to cotaforsavannaha.com
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