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Happy 2019! The New Year is the perfect time to begin thinking about healthy and active living for the year to come. To help you start your year off right, we’ve compiled some of our favourite tips to help you have your best year yet!  🎉

  This week's Giftgown's Hospital Experience Series features patient, Addie and her amazing caregiver and mother, Stephanie! Addie is an absolute shinning star currently is feeding tube dependent after being born pre mature and having short bowel syndrome. Stephanie and Addie have conquered multiple hospital stays, surgeries and their fair share of ups and downs. We're so happy to have Stephanie share her story and journey.  The Basics Name: Stephanie Durfee (daughter Adeline) Location: Finksburg, MD Social Media Handle(s): blog: www.shegotguts.com Instagram: @addie.belle  Twitter: @shegotguts Pinterest: @shegotguts Facebook: facebook.com/shegotguts.com Tell us More! Giftgowns: Tell us about yourself and your little one! Stephanie Durfee: I am a former director of education at a school for kids with autism and worked in...

For this installation of Giftgown's Hospital Experience Series we would like to introduce you to Greyson! Greyson lives in Louisiana with his family and is always smiling. He is three yers old and recently took on the new role of big brother! He suffered a stroke in utero and which caused Cerebral Palsy. While talking to his mother,  Keria, she made it evident Greyson is just like every other little boy. He loves cars, trucks and pretty much anything with wheels but he learns at a different pace. The Basics: Name: Greyson Mom's Name: Keria Location: Larose, LA Social Media Handle: @greysons_gains More About Greyson:  Giftgowns: Three words to describe Greyson Keria: Determined. fighter, enjoyable  GG: How do you cope with...

 Unity is next up on our Hospital Experience Series. Unity currently lives with multiple different chronic illnesses but her spirit cannot be dimmed! She's got some great insight and mantras to help you through some days that are a bit more difficult than others. 

 Our next Hospital Experience spotlight is on Alicia Hall! A beautiful, hardworking professional from Atlanta, GA!  Alicia has been the primary caregiver to multiple different family members and is generous enough to share her tips and tricks with the Giftgowns community! The Basics Name: Alicia Hall Location: Atlanta, GA Social Media Handle(s): Instagram: @_kiss_mycurves Tell us More! GG: Tell us about yourself, include if you’re a patient, survivor, or family member of someone who has had elongated hospital stays. AH: Two of my family members spent quite a bit of time in the hospital. My dad and my stepdad were both hospitalized before they passed. I was with my dad almost everyday. I wanted him to know that I wasn’t...