Happy to report a “thumbs up” and all looks good for another 4 months with Matthews heart. These appointments are always hard for me as I am always worried it will be bad news. Feeling blessed and so grateful for everyday the lords gives us with our miracle boy. Every night before my head hits […]
If you have been reading our site over the years you know that each year we CELEBRATE our oldest son Matthew’s Birthday. We do the standard party and cake with candles like most families. But each birthday means so much more to us. Being told your son only has half a heart (hypoplastic left heart syndrome)
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Yesterday we had an early morning trip to the ER. I awoke to that awful “gurgling” noise that my son Matthew makes when he is not able to breath right while in a seizure. It is so quiet I am not sure how or why I wake up to it, but I do…. I feel
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This week something VERY exciting happened at our house. My oldest son Matthew learned to ride his bike without training wheels. I have told you before about his story and how he was born missing half his heart (Hyhoplastic Left Heart Syndrome) and his long journey to becoming where he is today. I still remember the
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Happy Valenintine’s Day In November of 2001 I gave birth to my oldest son Matthew, who is now 10 years old. He was a beautiful baby boy with a full head of dark brown hair. All was well, and in an instant I was this sweet little boys Mom. Soon we realized our son was
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Want to take a moment and share an important topic. Organ Donation. Most know that our oldest, Matthew, was born with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. Along with that, we were given choices for his survival: Let him die, Heart transplant, or a series of major surgeries to re-plumb his heart. We chose the surgeries to
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Today, 10 years ago, our first born Matthew was born! Even before he was born and before Sarah was even pregnant I had a dream. I dreamt of two little children, one boy and one girl. I couldn’t see faces, but I saw a girl in front with long brown hair. The boy had short brown hair
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Many of you know our Matthew was born with a heart defect known as Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. You can read some of the stories about him on our link here. Heart families are very close, even if we don’t know them, we have been there and experienced the same stress and worry as they
