Today, May 16th 2017, marks the 1st official World CDG Day. Ladybug was diagnosed with Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation in October 2010. I remember every single detail of the moment the doctor told me. There wasn’t really much information out there when we received her diagnosis. I had come across a website before hand that had several pictures of other children who had CDG, and I found one little boy who resembled Ladybug down to the same pudgy little hands. Fast forward nearly 7 years and there are Facebook pages, charity organizations, and now an official World CDG Day. I can only imagine how far we will go in the next 7 years.
This is an incredibly important day for our CDG family. We need to build awareness in order to increase the interest of academia, and the development of research. There is currently no cure or treatment for CDG. We need to be able to inform more physicians and every other healthcare professional out there, knowledge is power. Most importantly building CDG awareness will empower families and patients alike.
A couple of years ago the CDG family worked together to develop a logo that would represent all of us.
It was recently announced that to go along with our logo, the CDG awareness colour will be green.
So today Ladybug is wearing a green dress complete with green ribbons in her hair.
Little Ladybug Hugs 