Karen on November 8th, 2011

I received this letter from an anxious mom:
My daughter, Brittani, is 19 years old and has just been diagnosed with Scimitar Syndrome.

She was diagnosed as a baby as having Dextrocardia and has had no health problems whatsoever. She became pregnant which ended in a miscarriage. During the D & C preop testing and chest [...]

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Karen on August 20th, 2011

Angela writes:
Our beautiful daughter Callie was adopted from China almost two months ago. She was diagnosed last week with Scimitar syndrome and we are in the process of making decisions on how best to proceed. The doctors are not in agreement at this point on whether or not to go ahead with surgery or postpone [...]

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Karen on August 17th, 2011

My friend, Bob Lopez, a chaplain at a hospital in New York, requests prayer for a little baby girl named Georgia.  “She recently had major heart surgery,” Bob reports.  “She has an ongoing heart condition, but she is very strong, and her family has much faith.”
Prayers to Georgia and her family!

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Karen on August 9th, 2011

I received a lovely email from Samantha (“Sam”) whose son, Lucas, has a rare congenital heart defect called Truncus Arteriosus.  Lucas is almost 3 years old–such an adorable age.  On the 17th, he will undergo his second open heart surgery.  “We are a Filipino family,” Sam writes, “and surgery will take place in Singapore.”
Like so [...]

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Karen on July 21st, 2011

I have been contacted by a loving, concerned parent whose son will have heart surgery to correct PAPVR (Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return).  She has three requests:

Pray that Joshua will make it through.
Pray that he will come out healthy and strong.
Ask for others to pray, too.

Sending love and prayers your way!

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