{"id":74718,"date":"2025-12-09T17:17:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T16:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cmtc.nl\/blog\/2025\/12\/09\/mirjam-pruis-social-media\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T17:19:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T16:19:19","slug":"mirjam-pruis-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cmtc.nl\/en\/blog\/2025\/12\/09\/mirjam-pruis-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Mirjam Pruis &#8211; Social media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"41\" data-end=\"656\">My name is Mirjam Pruis, and I live in the city of Groningen (the Netherlands) with my husband Timon and our three children. Our youngest daughter, Josephine (3 years old in 2025), has a vascular malformation with overgrowth in her leg. About a year after her birth, we came into contact with CMTC-OVM through connections. I especially value the meetings with other parents and young people who have the same type of condition. 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