**Content warning: episode discusses child loss.**

In this powerful episode, Samantha Coyne—WVU Law student, LEND trainee, and devoted mother—shares the story of her daughter Hadleigh, whose life and unexpected passing reshaped Samantha’s entire sense of identity and purpose. From a complicated pregnancy and a rare diagnosis of Noonan syndrome to joyful moments of motherhood and exhausting advocacy, Samantha takes us on a journey of love, loss and resilience. She opens up about the isolation, medical challenges and systemic gaps that families of children with disabilities often face. Her reflections resonate with any caregiver whose world revolves around their child, especially when that world is shattered. This conversation is a raw and honest look at what comes next when the child you lived for is suddenly gone.

Sponsored by the West Virginia Department of Human Services, Office of Maternal, Child, and Family Health/Children with Special Health Care Needs Program and the West Virginia Family 2 Family Health Information Center and Produced by the West Virginia University Center for Excellence in Disabilities.

Episode Transcript Here

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