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Sue Carpenter wth daughters Kim and Kristen |
Sue Carpenter
I am a California native, and have never lived anywhere else. I was married to the man of my dreams for 26 years (until he passed away in 2010) and have a set of wonderful fraternal twin daughters, Kim and Kristen. I am a Special Education Resource Specialist Teacher (in the public school system at the elementary school level). My family is very involved in the sport of dogs, raising, breeding (limitedly), and showing Golden Retrievers. I also love to quilt and have been able to donate a couple of my quilts to CureJM fundraisers. My twins were born premature, with Kristen on the receiving end of placental discordance. She has always endured a life of numerous very difficult medical challenges in addition to being speech impaired and learning disabled. She was diagnosed at age 16 with Raynauds, Hashimotos, and subsequently JDM. We believe the JDM brewed for years before a definitive diagnosis came. As difficult as this disease is, a diagnosis was more than welcomed after living all these years with something unknown.
CureJM has been a godsend for me for support, and I hope to give some of that back now.