Aiden’s Story

Aiden’s Story

At 37 weeks, after a day of not being his usual active self, our doctors made the decision to deliver two weeks earlier than planned. This day would officially become Aiden’s birthday. This was my second pregnancy and second c-section, so I knew the drill and was so...
Marin’s Story

Marin’s Story

I vividly remember having the convo with my husband when we considered having a third child; “imagine if we had a child with health issues?”, wondering if we should stop while ahead. We were excited to find out we were pregnant during the last week of February 2020....
Rachel’s Story

Rachel’s Story

We are the Perkinson family. A Midwest born and raised family who chose to make The Upstate home in August of 2021. We have 6 kids and this is the story of our baby girl. Rachel’s story started 9/16/2016 when she was just 2 year old. We traveled to China to meet our...
Emily’s Story

Emily’s Story

Emily was born on September 1, 2010 in Miami, Florida. Shortly after birth she was admitted into the NICU for low blood sugars and lethargy. After three long weeks of countless tests, doctors could not determine the cause of her low blood sugars. They ultimately...
Hattie’s Story

Hattie’s Story

Though Will, Hattie, and I live in Manning, SC and are not currently an upstate family, I appreciate Kind of the Upstate sharing our story. I grew up in Greenville and took for granted what a blessing it is to have places like the Meyer Center and Shriners Hospital...