My wife's on the front page...

[Mike Johnson]

Grace62 wrote:
Is that really your wife?

God, I hope so.

[graylocks]

Mike Johnson wrote:

wow, Mike. what a horrendous ordeal to be going through at what is usually regarded as a time of joy. do you have other kids or is this her first pregnancy? (i skimmed the article so forgive me if it states that in there.)

[Wags]

Wow, just read the story, sorry for your troubles. Hope things work out eventually.

[laarree]

I saw that picture. If I read the article correctly, I'm sorry you two lost a baby because of this form of morning sickness. I'd never heard of it before. On the other hand, sometimes the best advocates for stimulating research into specific illnesses are people who've suffered though them--it looks like your wife was a perfect person to embrace that cause because of her specialty.

[dmann]

I just read the story. How horrible- I have never heard of that illness before. I am so sorry for what you have suffered and I hope the best for this pregnancy and your wife's health.

DM

[haikuman]

I hope you and your wife move through this Mike to a better time, finding solace in the fact you have each other. Good luck and good health.
Rudie/haikuman

[M A V I C]

Wow, the jokes before he posted the pic were kinda expected... but after he clarified...

Mike, sorry to hear man. I'm curious what Penny Simkin knows about that situation.

[steve...]

My wife's on the front page of abcnews.com. And I took the photo!


That's GOOD news and BAD news!

I didn't see any photo credits. Did you get compensated for your photo?

I hope your wife is feeling better.

[Mike Johnson]

For the record, she's fine now. Our son is 7 and doing well. No more kids, though.

She's still active in the hyperemesis community, working with the Help HER foundation. She's been to to DC to speak to a congressional committee to try and get some funds set aside for research. Just today she was also on the Bill Carroll radio show on KFI in Los Angeles. I guess Bill Carroll's wife suffered from it.

I'm not the only mrfer married to a hyperemesis survivor, by the way.

[Grace62]

M A V I C wrote:
Wow, the jokes before he posted the pic were kinda expected... but after he clarified...

Mike, sorry to hear man. I'm curious what Penny Simkin knows about that situation.

I wasn't making jokes. I couldn't tell if this thread was serious, or some attempt at a joke about a very serious situation. I lost a female relative to morning sickness, it's not anything to laugh about.
I'm sorry to hear about Mike's wife and I certainly hope she is better soon, and that the pregnancy goes OK.
Just a thought, if you're going to introduce something this serious, and personal, some footnotes would be helpful.