About mid-June, I received an email from Abby Scklarek that began: “I just read the article in Parents Magazine and I knew I had to get in touch with you…” It turns out Abby has a one-year-old son, Colin, who also has scimitar syndrome. She shared with me that he would need heart surgery sometime [...]
Angie from Yukon, Oklahoma writes:
My daughter just went in on Thursday August 26, 2010 to have the catherization surgery to close her ASD but when they got in they found out that it wasn’t the kind that could be closed that way. They also found that she had the Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return along [...]
Having a newborn transferred to the neonatal intensive care unit is unimaginable to most parents, especially when the medical issue that warrants the transfer is unexpected. I was recently emailed by a friend who gave birth 4 weeks early. Her baby was transferred to Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis from the community hospital where [...]
A lovely surprise arrived in my mailbox yesterday. It was a book–a child’s book that I hadn’t ordered. A quick flip-through revealed beautiful illustrations, so I sat down and began to read.
On the title page, I noticed an autograph and a mention of Nathan, so I realized the authors had run across our Nathan’s Prayer [...]
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FREE BOOKMARKS from Nathan’s Prayer.
My brother, Tom Parker, designed a bookmark using Nathan’s Prayer, the little prayer I came up with for Nathan’s heart surgery. The sentiment behind the prayer seems appropriate not only for heart surgery, but also to anyone seeking a heart and soul that is pleasing to God.
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