Broady Doland will have surgery to correct his congenital heart defect, Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (PAPVR), on May 5, at Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh. Like my son, Nathan, Broady has Scimitar Syndrome.
A nice article, “Benefit Aids Vandergrift Boy’s Family,” appeared today in the Valley News Dispatch. Family and friends have rallied to support Broady [...]
In August of 2009, I connected with a lovely mother, Sylvie Stephens, through my Nathan’s Prayer website. Her baby daughter, Sydney, was a patient at Children’s Hospital in Minnesota. Sylvie and I exchanged long emails over a period of time as we hoped and prayed for Sydney to be healed as she battled a congenital [...]
In late August of 2010, I wrote a post about one-year-old Colin, son of Abby Scklarek. Colin was born with scimitar syndrome and had heart surgery in October. The surgery appeared to be successful, but Mom Abby reports that the scimitar vein that was re-routed is narrowing. A heart catheterization is scheduled in April to [...]
A thoughtful friend of mine, Alisha, got together with her Mom’s Group in North Aurora, IL and made tutus and tuques (winter hats) in honor of my daughter Sydney who died from Scimitar Syndrome and a little girl Hannah who battled and beat childhood leukemia. The gifts were given to me to donate to [...]
Annual checkups are an important part of maintaining Nathan’s heart and back health. Recently, Bryan, daughter Michelle, and I traveled with Nathan to Children’s Hospital in New Orleans to see how his heart looks four years after surgery to correct Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (PAPVR), a problem associated with his scimitar syndrome.
The echocardiogram seems [...]
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