rare disease day 2010

was actually on february 28th.... so this post is a little late... but i wanted to talk about a few diseases that have affected people that i've grown to respect and admire. this is the first of at least two posts on rare diseases.
and, of course, to be a little self-centered... i have APS.. which was on an episode of house once. that makes it really cool- right?
through a friend in hawaii i learned of the cary family. here's their blog. and charming sweet boy ridge:

ridge has multifocal lymphangioendotheliomatosis with thrombocytopenia. yes...