Deanna Spencer

Diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at the age of 15, Deanna Marie knows firsthand the challenges of living with a chronic illness. As a teenager, she often couldn’t eat what her friends were eating or join them in outings when flare-ups kept her home. One of her greatest challenges has been navigating motherhood with Crohn’s, but she also calls it her greatest miracle. After surgeries made doctors question if she would be able to conceive, Deanna held onto faith. Each time she was hospitalized, God placed nurses in her path who also lived with Crohn’s or knew mothers with the disease. Their presence reminded her that her dream of motherhood would one day come true, and it did.

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