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 [...]
by Sylvie Stephens Tieszen
While enjoying a perfect fall day downtown, we went inside a Macy’s Holiday Store filled top to bottom with Christmas decorations. Almost trance-like, forgetting it’s not yet Halloween, I went in search of a pink Sydney Ornament. I lost my baby girl at 6 months and 1 day to Scimitar [...]
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 [...]
Mother’s Day is coming up. The evening before my first Mother’s Day last year I discovered a terrible secret that changed the course of my life. My first Mother’s Day was spent alone in the NICU with my baby, crying uncontrollably, in shock. My heart was broken. But I had my [...]
