January 2016

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Board Member Spotlight: Zack Rigoni

Author: Zachary Rigoni

Posted: 1/30/2019
Category: Community

Meet Zack Rigoni. Zack is an investment banker in NYC focused on upstream oil & gas companies, and he brings dynamic energy and a new perspective to the pursuit of achieving cCMV awareness in the United States. Zack is most happy when spending time with his family, including two young children.

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Meet the Founders: Annie Culley

Author: Annie Culley

Posted: 1/20/2016
Category: Community, Parent Perspective

I started having symptoms around Valentine’s Day 2012. I had periodical episodes of blindness and eye flashes. I consulted with my Optometrist and he thought that I was maybe having blood clots caused by the birth control I was on. So off I went to my reproductive specialist. He pulled me off of the pills until I was able to finish all of the tests to determine what was wrong. I got progressively more and more sick. My blood pressure went through the roof; I had numbness and tingling in my limbs, horrible headaches, muscle twitches, shortness of breath, aches and just felt totally miserable.

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Meet the Founders: Abigail Wright

Author: Abigail Wright

Posted: 1/4/2016
Category: Community, Parent Perspective

In 2009, I was a newlywed on the way to taking the next big step in life: parenthood. We were totally ready and anxious to start our family. My biological clock was ticking and I read every article that I came across about preparing for pregnancy. I cut out caffeine, took prenatal vitamins and followed all of the other miscellaneous “advice” about gearing up for pregnancy.

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