Author Archives: Nicole Donoghue

I am a mom of two boys, Declan-my angel and Alex-my energetic 18-month old. As the chairman of the Declan Donoghue Foundation, we celebrate Declan’s spirit of play by building playgrounds. As a parent/patient advocate, we are impacting the diagnosis of children with complex or unresolved medical ailments through the Declan Donoghue Collaborative Care Program.
2014 HOPE Award Winner

Collaborative Care: Hope for Patients with Complex, Undiagnosed Conditions

On August 31, 2010 after two years of medical confusion around our son, Declan’s health, we thought for once there might be an answer to his mysterious blood work, swinging fevers, pneumonia and arthritis. The doctor who thought she was prescribing the correct medicine to help with all of these symptoms actually made a grave […]