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 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 Anomalous [...]
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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, [...]
I got an email from “Auntie Dalyn” requesting prayer:
Kassandra is my four-year-old niece who will be having surgery for PAPVR in the coming days. Our family is trying to be as emotionally strong as possible although the daily pep talks to ourselves is becoming more and more difficult as the day of surgery nears. Please [...]
Traci Doland reports that her son, Broady, had a CT scan today in preparation for heart surgery. Broady has scimitar syndrome, which involves several problems including partial anomalous pulmonary venous return, hypoplasia of the right lung and right lower lobe sequestration.
“We meet with the surgeons on October 26th,” says Traci. “They have us for November [...]
