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Karen on February 14th, 2010

A tribute to the fine health care professionals who work to repair little hearts.  Written by Sylvie Stephens. I first came to the PICU after Sydney’s open heart surgery. Sydney was in bed #13.  Jane was her nurse.  Ingrid was the CRN.  There was no need to adjust to the new surroundings.  I was always [...]

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Karen on February 14th, 2010

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Karen on December 24th, 2009

This is  the most beautiful Christmas card I have ever received. I came to know Sylvie Stephens through the Nathan’s Prayer website.  Her friend, Gail Devine, was looking for information about scimitar syndrome because Sylvie’s baby girl, Sydney, was struggling with this rare heart condition.  My Nathan had surgery three years ago to correct Partial [...]

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Karen on December 18th, 2009

A website called Tebow’s Eye Black noticed the story I posted recently about Sylvie Stephens who lost her sweet baby, Sydney, this past September after a battle with scimitar syndrome.  There is a lovely prayer under the category of “Sunday Huddle” for Sylvie: God bless and keep Sylvie, make your face to shine upon her, [...]

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Amazing Grace! If you are not familiar with the story of little Sydney, please read these previous posts:  Pray for Sydney, Update, “God will give me strength…”, Nurse Angels, “I can’t kiss her enough”, “He will help me heal…”, Three Minutes of Wonderful, Happy six months…, Sydney is in a better place.  As you may [...]

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