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Finding Meaning in Tragedy: How Joey’s Song Turned Loss Into Hope, Music and Change with Michael Gomoll
Okoro Connects with Michael Gomoll, founder of Joey’s Song, for a deeply moving conversation about grief, resilience, community, and the extraordinary things that can grow from unimaginable loss.In this remote episode of The Everyday Health Struggle, Michael shares the heartbreaking story of his son Joey, who died in 2010 just shy of his fifth birthday after battling Dravet syndrome, a rare and devastating form of epilepsy. After years of misdiagnosis, daily seizures, ambulance trips, and uncertainty, Joey’s family faced a loss that could have left them consumed by grief.Instead, they chose…
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