Losing her toddler son fills mom with purpose to pursue nursing career

A Green Bay mother who refused to let grief have the final word is turning her deepest personal tragedy into a lifeline for others.

After losing her young son, Kim Rudness is about to enter the healthcare field with a new title and a new sense of purpose.

Loving a child that you know will soon leave you was the heartbreaking reality for Kim and her husband, Adam. Their little boy, Greyson, was only 16 months old when he was diagnosed with Tay-Sachs, an ultra-rare and fatal neurological disease.

Greyson died just shy of his third birthday. The devastating loss left his parents with an immense void. But for Kim, it also sparked an unexpected calling. She went back to school to become a registered nurse, choosing to dive headfirst into the medical world that had once surrounded her son.

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