Supporting Corinna and Family.

Hi! As many of you know, Mike and Penelope had their baby, Corinna, 2 months early.

Corinna Alice Claire Yodice was born on 9/13/24 at 10:43 pm. She’s a strong, feisty, beautiful little lady.

We originally thought everything was okay, but within about 24 hours, they noticed her skin was starting to have some blisters and was very sensitive. We then almost lost her on 9/14 due to some complications with the blisters in her mouth and just being premature, as they sometimes just forget to breathe. We advocated for her to be transferred to Children’s Hospital of Philly, and by the grace of God, they had an open room in the NICU for her. We have been down in Philly since Sunday night (9/15/24). She is doing well down here and is surrounded by amazing doctors and nurses.

They are pretty sure she has Epidermolysis Bullosa or EB. It’s terrifying when you look it up. She’s our little butterfly girl. We don’t know what kind she has yet but are getting genetic testing done, and once that is done, we will know within two weeks what her and our lives will look like moving forward.

CHOP is exceeding our expectations. Apparently, the leading pediatric dermatologist at CHOP is one of the leading doctors in the United States for EB, so we are in the right place.

That’s the update as of September 17. Things change by the minute, but since we got to CHOP, it’s at least been some positive changes for two days now. We have to take all the positive we can get it.

We plan on temporarily moving to Philly next week and found housing about 10 minutes away.

We have had a lot of love and support of people asking what can be done to help. Sometimes it is simply an ear, a shoulder, a hug but we (the immediate family) are trying to eliviate some of the financial stress as well with your help. On top of medical expenses, they will be supporting their current house as well as their temporary housing in Philly, and will be down to only one income. Please consider making a donation of any size.

We cannot thank everyone enough as our journey is just beginning. We couldn’t have gotten this far without you❤️

If you are interested in sending a card, you can reach out to Nicole or drop it off and we will get it to them!

Please check back for periodic updates.