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Have you ever heard of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome? If not or you want to learn more, this blog is for you! What is SIDS? Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS, is the sudden unexpected death of a baby between 1 month and 1 year of age that does not have a known...

Over the years, Palouse Care Network has changed and improved to better serve the community. We celebrate how we have grown. When we see a need, we make an effort to meet it. Like Jesus, Palouse Care Network wants to meet people at their point of need and celebrate...

In my mid-twenties, I was doing things that didn’t match up with my faith and moved in with my boyfriend. I didn’t think I could get pregnant, but one night I experienced some symptoms of pregnancy and my pregnancy test came out positive! When I told my...

At age 19, I had been looking for love in all the wrong places. I was in an unhealthy and destructive relationship when, to my shock, my home pregnancy test came up positive. My boyfriend immediately told me I had multiple options for my pregnancy, but I...

Three weeks late.Three positive home pregnancy tests.Three thousand miles away from her family.Desperately hoping that all of her home pregnancy tests were defective, Adrianna drove alone to WISH Medical. She remembered hearing a radio ad about having a...

When Cara* came through our doors seeking a pregnancy test last winter, she was overwhelmed with the pressures of college and couldn’t imagine taking on parenthood. She felt pressure from her boyfriend to get an abortion, and was fairly certain that it was...

In the middle of Finals Week 2014 at the University of Idaho, I took a different kind of test at WISH Medical. The results: positive. I was pregnant. My mind was filled with shame, guilt, fear, and panic. I had just turned 19 and my mind, as well as the...

During our morning staff meeting last week, we were moved to tears as we read another letter from a client. This letter was much more than a thank you—it symbolized a single mom’s journey to God. Four years ago, we were blessed to meet a client who was...

Diane wasn’t quite our typical patient. Greying slightly, worry lines tracing her face, tears slipped from her eyes as she spilled her heart to her advocate. She had come to us for advice. Her granddaughter had just told her she was pregnant. As a single...

Kayla stared in disbelief at the reading on the home pregnancy test. Positive, just like the other four. She couldn’t wrap her mind around being pregnant. She was only eighteen. She had plans to go to college, get straight A’s, and apply to medical school. How did a...