It is an area that Vosta knows all too well. Her youngest child, Alexander, was born with Down Syndrome and a congenital heart defect in 1991. He died 10 months later after open heart surgery. I've been on the other end. I know the trauma of having a child who's not born perfect, going through surgery with that child and then losing them after a long illness.
Support groups are cheaper than therapy and they work.
I know if there's something going on in my life I want to surround myself with people who are going through the same thing. A nurse since 1972 when she graduated with the first class of Houston Baptist University's nursing program, Vosta has found opportunities she never would have imagined. She spent 18 months in Hawaii working on an orthopedic unit, a job she applied for on an impulse after seeing an ad in the newspaper. I like to see new places, try new things. I don't want to be afraid of anything.