Gerber’s 2022 Baby Raises Awareness of Limb Differences

Meredith and John Slish got a huge surprise on the Today show when their daughter Isa was announced as the winner of the 2022 Gerber Photo contest. As the new Chief Growing Officer, baby Isa will get a $25,000 cash prize and melt hearts across the nation. In another first, Gerber will also donate $25,000 to March of Dimes to support mother and infant health,

Seven-month-old Isa Slish was born without a portion of her right leg due to Congenital Femoral Deficiency and Fibular Hemimelia. Fibular Hemimelia is a birth defect wherein the fibular bone is missing, and Congenital Femoral Deficiency entails a short femur bone, leading to possible hip and knee issues. Her parents will save their prize for her medical care, according to Today.

The contest has been going on since 2010. However, the original Gerber baby, Anne Taylor Cook, is now 95 years old and more than ready to pass on her mantle. We are happy that Isa is raising awareness of limb differences and continuing to grow and inspire those around her!

Photo courtesy of FOX 9 Virginia.

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May 18, 2022

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Written by Joan Vaughn

I’m Joan, and I know home care from the inside out. I’ve navigated my daughter through 24/7 home care nursing and managed her PCA’s. I’ve helped my parents move into (and out of) assisted living, Medicare episodes, skilled nurse visits, home health aids, and PCAs. Sandwiched in all of that, I’ve helped coordinate home care equipment and supplies, physical therapists, occupational therapists, county workers, and medications (oh, the medications). I know emergency departments, children’s hospitals, cancer wards, cardiac floors, and specialty units. I can recite health insurance policies (and call their bluff). I know a lot of other things in life too, like Shakespeare, where to sit to see a great sunset over a lake, how to keep myself healthy, how to read a profit/loss statement and state statutes, when to use a comma, and that gratitude is one of the keys to success. So I’m going to have this blog and write about home care from time to time. I’ll include topics like current legislation, professional boundaries in a tricky environment, and being a caregiver. I’ll also post some guest blogs from clients and nurses. Join me in the conversation.

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