Better When I’m Dancing: A Pediatric Stroke Podcast

Jesse Dickert
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On October 14, 2021 our lives were changed forever when our 6 year old daughter suffered a stroke. This is our story, our experience, and it is our hope to bring awareness and help to any families experiencing this roller coaster along with us!

Episodes

  1. 04/24/2023

    05 - Moving Day (Two Crazy Nights)

    WE ARE BACK!!!! During Episode 5, we start by getting everyone caught up. We start with some HUGE updates on Jana and some amazing things that have happened since our last episode. We provide a quick recap of where we left off in our story and from there we jump right into the continuation of our story. This episode we chat about all things moving from the PICU to the main Pediatrics unit where we would be spending the next 5 weeks of our lives. From there, we chat about the start of our lives in the Pediatrics unit, watching the Packers, getting Jana's wheelchair, exploring the Pediatrics unit and two crazy nights of no sleep - hint.....it has nothing to do with Jana's stroke. Listen in and follow along on our Facebook page at https://facebook.com/betterwhenimdancingpodcast and Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/better.when.imdancing/ As always, our GoFundMe can be found here: https://gofund.me/2a85f7a3 - we have some very large dreams of doing some big things for other families once we are able to dig out from under our own hospital bills. Please share.

    36 min

  2. 11/27/2022

    04 - THANKSgiving 2022 ft. Jana

    Episode number four and we are beyond excited to have Jana herself join us for our Thanksgiving episode to give thanks to everyone who has helped our family in one way or another over the last year!  Still looking to help, you can donate to our cause using our GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/2a85f7a3

    15 min

  3. 08/12/2022

    03 - This is Serious! (PICU Stay)

    In our third episode, we discuss in detail our time in the Pediatrics Intensive Care Unit (PICU). We talk about hearing that it is officially a stroke for the first time, all the tests, ZERO sleep, the constant emotions, Jana's progress, our amazing doctors, and ultimately the shock of hearing just how serious this is! GoFundMe Link: https://gofund.me/2a85f7a3

    46 min

  4. 06/29/2022

    02 - Jana's Stroke (Part 02)

    In our second episode, we chat through our experience once arriving at the hospital and being in urgent care. We talk about the initial shock of the event, our feelings, notifying family, Jana's state at this time, as well as preparing for our hospital transfer. GoFundMe Link: https://gofund.me/2a85f7a3 - as mentioned in the episode, we launched our GoFundMe and we have been more than amazed by all the donations - WE THANK YOU!

    22 min

  5. 06/10/2022

    01 - Jana's Stroke (Part 01)

    This is our VERY FIRST episode and we dive right in detailing the beginning portion of the day of Jana's stroke. We chat about the week leading up to the stroke, the day of, and get into the actual stroke event all the way until we are at the hospital.  GoFundMe Link: https://gofund.me/2a85f7a3 - as mentioned in the episode, we launched our GoFundMe and we have been more than amazed by all the donations - WE THANK YOU!

    24 min

  6. TRAILER

    Trailer

    Welcome to Better When I'm Dancing: A Pediatric Stroke Podcast. On October 14, 2021, our 6 year old daughter suffered a stroke. This podcast share our story!

    1 min

Trailer

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On October 14, 2021 our lives were changed forever when our 6 year old daughter suffered a stroke. This is our story, our experience, and it is our hope to bring awareness and help to any families experiencing this roller coaster along with us!

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