Our growing family!: April 2013

Last night we returned from Washington, DC where I was honored to be a part of an amazing group of individuals called Supermoms Against Superbugs. The Pew Charitable Trusts organized this advocacy group to lobby on Capitol Hill against the overuse and misuse of antibiotics in our food animal production. Superbugs and drug resistant bacteria are a very real problem; a very real problem for adults, but an especially critical problem for the tiniest and most vulnerable preemies.

Antibiotics should be saved for these preemies. Reagan and Eden would not have gotten so far in their NICU journey had it not been for antibiotics. And antibiotic resistant infections could have killed them before they had a chance at life. I was so very honored to be able to speak before Representatives, Advisors, Senators and other influential members of government. Reagan and Eden’s story was heard by a few hundred people in a matter of two short days. My hope and prayer is that their story was heard loud and clear and will be remembered when decisions are made.

Visit www.SaveAntibiotics.org for more information about why the FDA, Congress and the White House need to take action to preserve antibiotics.

Scott and Reagan were able to travel to Washington, DC with me and we made it a mini family vacation. Reagan did great on her first official flight and we had so much fun as a family. We walked many miles and saw lots of sites. See the photos below!