Last week, Bryan and I took Nathan to Children’s Hospital in New Orleans for his annual checkup. His heart surgery to correct Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return, a problem connected to his Scimitar Syndrome, occurred about three years ago. The first year after surgery, appointments were a few months apart, but he has done well, [...]
Ole Miss 48, UAB 13
Nathan’s older brothers are in college. He misses them, but we had a great opportunity to see both of them this past weekend. Brother Adam is a senior at UAB, and brother Steven is a freshman at Ole Miss. Their two football teams went head to head at Vaught Hemingway Stadium [...]
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I got an email from “Auntie Dalyn” requesting prayer:
Kassandra is my four-year-old niece who will be having surgery for PAPVR in the coming days. Our family is trying to be as emotionally strong as possible although the daily pep talks to ourselves is becoming more and more difficult as the day of surgery nears. Please [...]
If you have a child with a congenital heart defect or any other birth defect or illness, you have silently asked,”Why did this happen to my child?”
Sometimes we ask the question because we wonder if we were exposed to something toxic: Fumes from fresh paint? Bug spray? Medicine taken before we knew we were pregnant? [...]
I have previously posted the story behind the poem, Nathan’s Prayer. While I created it to be a child’s prayer for heart surgery, it’s also meaningful to me as a reminder to strive for a life that is pleasing to God. My brother, Tom Parker, put it to music for me recently.
I get a little [...]
