In It Together, parents caring for children with medical challenges
In It Together, creating a Support Group for parents caring for children with medical challenges
BY MARY LYNN MERRIMAN
When Rella Tirado talks about her two children, she lights up.
Her 10-year-old daughter Isabella is in fifth grade, is a big fan of Taylor Swift, loves to draw, is starting a dance class this fall, and someday wants to have a bakery/paint shop called Do Not Worry, Be Happy like Donuts.
“She is very quippy with a sense of humor I don’t often see in young people,” said Rella. “It’s very amusing and pretty great.”
Her son is 9-year-old Aiden, who is in fourth grade.
He loves cars and music, especially soundtracks to different movies and is also very funny.
“He loves to swim and is part mermaid,” she said.
“Aiden is very good at letting you know what he needs. He has so much character in his face. He has mastered that young-person sigh which lets me know I am annoying him,” she said with a laugh.
They are a typical family in so many ways, yet, in other ways, they are unique.
When Isabella was born, she had medical issues that required assessment from specialists at Seattle Children’s Hospital.
