This little news segment ran on our local station, WLOX, back in 2007. Nathan was five years old and was just a few months recovered from heart surgery to correct PAPVR (Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return), a component of scimitar syndrome. His sister, Michelle, presented him as her everyday hero at a school luncheon. Nathan [...]
“This is great, Mom,” Nathan said as I pulled in at Lynn Meadows Discovery Center. “It reminds me of my childhood.” Nathan is only eight-years old, but seems to believe he is no longer in his childhood. In a way, I understand his perspective. After all, he was a regular at “Meadows” (Nathan-speak for LMDC) [...]
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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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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, [...]
While Nathan was recovering from his last surgery, he was delighted to receive letters each week from Jan Spiers of Picayune, Mississippi. Her letters were always filled with words of encouragement and interesting anecdotes. And there was always a surprise of some sort enclosed: pirate stickers, a refrigerator magnet, funny cartoon clippings…
