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, [...]
The Sunday before Nathan’s back surgery (to correct Congenital Kyphosis), I knew his last fun event would be the Awana Club meeting held that night at our church, Grace Memorial. By the week’s end, he would be recovering in a body cast, a fact that had Bryan, me, and other family members sad and worried. [...]
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Please remember Rylie, my 2 year old neighbor in Picayune. She is in Children’s Hospital in New Orleans. She has been having continued high [...]
When Nathan was born, we soon discovered that he had Scimitar Syndrome and would need open heart surgery to correct Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return. It was a frightening time in our lives. Bryan and I were tremendously relieved when surgery in Michigan proved to be successful. End of story? I wish.
About three months later, [...]
It was 3:00am, and I was in a spiritual crisis. Tears were trailing down Nathan’s temples as he lay in a hospital bed at Children’s Hospital in New Orleans; he was fighting pain and trying to get used to his new body cast. It had only been a year since his open heart surgery in [...]
