It was the people, who made the World Orphan Drug Congress for me (which is why I can confirm that none of those smiles were fake or forced, the whole thing was a delight).
Something about meeting people with different areas of expertise, from all across this globe of ours, with different projects and ideas of interest, yet all working together towards making a better world for people living with rare diseases and all those around that ecosystem. How can one not feel incredibly lucky to get a glimpse of that over just one day?
And by ‘people’ I also mean all those living with one of the many conditions, diagnosed or undiagnosed, with a special support network or a lack thereof, because it is all of those ‘people’ that I could see were the north star and inspiration for the individuals pictured below (and the many more that I got to speak with and learn from). I’m lucky and thankful for Thursday for sure.
(Ok, sappy post over, back to our regular programming)