Scimitar Syndrome
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 a [...]
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 [...]
Continue reading about Nathan’s Checkups at Children’s Hospital
Prayers and hugs go out to Abby Scklarek and her son, Colin. Colin will have heart surgery tomorrow at Children’s Hospital Boston to correct PAPVR associated with scimitar syndrome. Update! See comment.
Several months ago I entered a writing contest sponsored by the Southern Louisiana Chapter of RWA (Romance Writers of America). I don’t actually write in the genre typically associated with Romance, but the contest included the category, Inspirational, which I felt was a good fit for Nathan: A Heart, A Storm, A Prayer, my memoir [...]
