The crazy lives of the Van Boom's!!

Well, January 2009 deserves a book of its own! It could not possibly get any crazier than going through open heart surgery with one child and the early birth of another!! I'm definitely going to do a scrapbook just on this month!

Here is the promised update on Yana's last doc appt: the doc is concerned about her oxygen levels so he urged us do the x-ray sooner rather than later. It is scheduled for Monday at 10:30am, so pray with us then that her lung will be on the mend. She certainly has her normal energy back for the most part! And we love having our Yana back!

We'll update you again soon...

Meanwhile...lots of nursing (he's a sucking machine!), changing poopy diapers, playing playdoh (Yana's most recent fave activity), and enjoying the company and help of my mama and my oldest niece, Eden.

HMY&J - formerly known as BB or Big Bump

A new blip on the radar: Jonas Daniel

Hello everyone! God gave us another exciting turn on this road yesterday, when he sent Jonas - two weeks early! What a beautiful gift!

IT's a BOY!!
Jonas was born Janary 27 at 3:51am.
He is 6 pounds exactly, and oh my, what a cutie!

We were home already at 12:00 noon yesterday, which was just fine with us! We've done all the hospital time we want to for a long while. But we have a healthy baby boy, and he is on ZERO MEDICATIONS!!! Wow! That's just a shock to us!

Heather's labor and delivery went very well. And she was able to deliver vaginally, which is an answer to prayer as well. She is healing up well and we are both exhausted and in recovery mode. Long ways to go to catch up on our sleep, and our two lovely children will do their best to make that difficult, but we are rejoicing and praising God!

Yana's loving her little brother! But she's also experiencing the divided attention of her parents, which she's not thrilled with. But it is SO good for her, and we know she will be a marvellous big sister! Thanks for your prayers everyone! Yana's at a doctor's appointment right now, so we'll send an update with her stuff soon.

Another (smaller) prayer request

Hi all! We just saw our cardiologist in Calgary yesterday and today got the report that Yana's left lung is working at about half capacity. She thinks this is because of a possible mucous plug in her lung. The antidote? More activity like laughing and singing and walking....to which I replied, "How about screaming?" And yes screaming is included. This is still within the realm of normal for post-op, but if it doesn't clear up in the next 2 weeks she'll need some chest physio. Did we mention that I (Heather) am due in 3 weeks with our next little proginy? Please pray with us that it does clear up!!



Although she has come through this major operation without major complications there are a few little niggling things this that we hope will straighten out in the near future. The other 2 things are: her liver is still enlarged (which is common post-op, but they usually hope for it to be cleared up by now), and Dr. Harder (Calgary cardiologist) also told us that her heart function isn't quite up to snuff. She'll need to be on another medication for that, which brings us up to 3. We hope that all of these will just be temporary!



Thanks again for your continued prayers. We trust in our all-powerful, loving God to hold our little girl in His hands and mend even these smaller things.



And pray too for our preparations, mental and physical, for our next little one! It's a lot to handle in 1 month!!



With much love and gratefulness for your support,

MHY&BB

A couple home pics

Happy to be home! Playing in the snow. Back in our lovely Lethbridge! Beautiful clear days for us to enjoy, and finally, time outside for the little girl.

A few hospital pics.

On the mend. She spent a lot of time watching cartoons and Movies. But as she got better, we managed to get her to one of the play rooms.
In ICU. She was in pretty rough shape, but always ready for a fight when any of the nurses came near. They were very impressed with her strength. Virtually every nurse who came on commented on how hard she could fight. That's our little Yana!

HOME!!!!

We're Home! At last! We got home around 4:30 today. Yana has already had some fun in the snow. It was her first time to actually be outside and playing in months. My mom and dad were able to come with us, so they'll help us get back into routine. But we want everyone to know how thankful we are for the many many prayers offered and support shown to us over the last few weeks and months. It has been a very difficult stretch for us, but we were sustained by the Grace and love of God and the prayers of His people.

Yana's pretty tired most of the time, which is understandable. She sleeps a lot. And so do we, quite honestly. We get worn out fairly quick yet, so we've got some recovery to do ourselves. But we'll keep you posted if there are any needs or concerns yet. For now, we are all praising God for bringing us through this ordeal, and returning us home safely with our little Yana.

Praise the Lord!!
- Mike, Heather, Yana, and the bump.

FREEEEEE!!!

We are officially out of the hospital and resting comfortably at my Parent's place overnight. Praise God! I'm going to bed now. More in the morning... [Yawn]
- Mike.

...almost out of here!!!

Seems like there's been a lot of almosts, but we're in our last few hours in the hospital. Yana's going in for one last Echo, and then we pack up and head to my parent's place for the night.

It's been a long, long journey for us, and we are so eager to just be home. But the end is near. God brought us through, and we're heading out of here very, very soon.

Thanks for the prayers for yesterday. Yana's holes did do a bit more oozing, but no real concern. We changed her bandages three times and that was the end of it.

We are all exhausted, but thankful for everything God has done here in the last few weeks. Yana's little voice says it all: "I want to go home." And soon we will be!
- Yana and the crew.

Prayer request: two little holes

Hello everyone. Yana's in a screaming fit right now as we've had to change her bandages gain. She's got two little holes in her from those tubes we pulled, and one of them is oozing pretty good. Nothing really serious so far, but we are asking for prayer that these holes will heal up well, and that there won't be any infection or serious concerns come out of this. We are hoping to be getting out of here tomorrow, and it would be really sad if a new development kept us here. But God knows best, and we trust him that the time will be right.

Still, keep us in your prayers.
- Mike, Heather, Yana and the Bump

Still here, but not for long!!!!!!

Yes, we're still here. We never did get discharged for various reasons. but we're out of here very soon!

Things are really moving now! Yana just had her tubes pulled today. She's up and walking pretty well, and will only get better now! She's also off of oxygen entirely. She dips into the sixties when she gets upset, but otherwise she's in the high seventies and low eighties most of the time! So we're very excited. It looks like we've got one night left here; possibly two, but we're optimistic we're going to be discharged tomorrow. We'll be at my Parent's house for one night and then on our way home; God willing!!!!!

Much praise and thanksgiving to our God for carrying us through this difficult time. One last burst of prayer would be much appreciated. There are a number of bugs floating around the hospital, including RSV and some superbugs. We hope and pray that Yana doesn't catch it. It could be a major setback for her, and she certainly doesn't need that. So pray for Yana and all the kids in the hospital right now. We've seen other kids on the brink of going home, but then catching RSV. And it's a threatening lung disease for little kids. So keep on praying! But please join us in thanking God once again for his faithfulness!
- Yana's crew.

Getting close to discharge! (Update from Heather)

Apparently Mike and I were doing updates at the same time - but he beat me to "publishing!" So I figure you'll just get both of our perspectives today! It's been awhile since I've done updates...

It's been a big morning! Yana finally got the drainage tubes out (from between her ribs - ouch!) early this afternoon. An answer to prayer in more than one way: the drainage decreased significantly, from 60 mL to 27 mL in just one day, and then to 14 mL the next day and we needed 48 hours of low drainage - so finally this morning at rounds the surgeons agreed to taking them out! Now walking won't be so painful for our little monkey. I'm sure she'll be running again in no time! The other way that prayer was answered...she had just fallen asleep when the procedure started, so it wasn't as traumatic as it could have been - God is good!

She also came off her oxygen morning because it had stayed in a good range overnight and while awake. Another PTL!

So to give you a picture of the girl we love and know - she's once again tube free on the face and belly, only bandages left on the belly! And she's very protective of that area! She insists on having her shirt down so that no one can access it and she can't see it!

Wow, she's come through so much. I can't believe we're already this far. Indescribable relief. We get to take our girl home again.

She'll be coming home on a diuretic (Lasix) and a blood thinner, both of which we have reason to hope will not be permanent. Every child who's had her surgery stays on those for awhile after. And thankfully, as I think Mike mentioned, we won't have to do finger pricking at home like we thought. But we will have to go for blood work 2x per week at first, then less and less frequently until she doesn't need it anymore.

She's definitely getting back to herself - imagining animals, dragons, dinosaurs, and monsters! Having lots of fun playing at "the beach" (a fabulous play area here. We hope to have "happy" pictures up soon!

Thanks again for the love support!

Heather (Mike, Yana & BB too)

Not today...

Okay everyone. They're ready to let us go, but Yana's not ready yet. Her O2 stats dipped into the 60s today when we turned the O2 off. So that's a little too bad, but it's probably for the best. Yana still has those drainage tubes sticking out of her ribs, and she will get a whole lot better a whole lot quicker once those tubes are gone.

In the meantime, they want us to get her up and around as much as possible. Walking and upright. We did some of that today, and it was good to see her in the toy area playing, ever so gingerly, with the different toys. Another little heart baby came and joined us for play time, so she had a little interaction there too.

We're not quite taking "baby steps" to get out of here. More like "Yana steps," and that's probably about perfect. All in God's timing. Maybe tomorrow... We'll see and let you know as soon as we're ready to move out. Likely we will move to my parents' place in Leduc for a few days so that she can come in for daily clinics and take those final steps.

They want us to do this because she will do so much better once she's not in the hospital. She desperately wants out, and has been crying to "go home." That's today. Until tomorrow.
- Yana's crew

They're talking discharge...

Hello everyone. Just a quick note this morning. At rounds this morning, they're talking about discharging us to a hotel or possibly to my Parent's place in Leduc. She still has her drainage tubes in, so we weren't expecting this at all. But it all depends on whether her O2 levels will stay above 70% without Oxygen. So we'll be watching that for the next few hours.

Her drinking is good, and her eating is getting gradually better. She did do a little bit of walking yesterday when we went to visit the "beach." That was exciting to see. But themain source of pain for her is still those drainage tubes. They stick between the ribs to drain fluid from around the heart, and that's a sensitive area.

I'll drop an update when I know more. But it's exciting stuff! Pray for those O2 levels, and that we will be released at the right time; God's time. Thanks everyone!
- Yana's crew.

Another morning...

Good morning everyone. Yana did really well last night. Particularly, we saw some major roadblocks overcome. She was not drinking enough yesterday, or eating, and was not able to poop, except for little very hard ones. They constantly measure her output vs. input, and at one point were showing a -371ml fluid deficit. If it had continued, we might have had to put her on IV fluids.

But last night, she finally had her big poop, and it was reasonably soft. After that, she started to drink and get caught up. This morning, she's mostly caught up with her fluids, and has even started to snack a bit. Cheerios and cheddar bunnies every now and then; crackers. All good signs!

Of course, the mornings are often difficult around here. Because you have all your various daily procedures that have to take place. She needs to be weighed, medicated, taken down for chest x-rays, getting bloodwork done (needles), have her incisions inspected, pulse taken, chest listened to, tubes and wires taken out, plus the usual diaper change and mealtime on top of that. All of this takes place in a one to two hour timeslot, so it's a lot for our little girl to endure.

But she is such a trooper, and has done so wonderful. Thanksgiving continues for all that God is doing here. Thanks again for your prayers.

BTW, [Yawn], it was Daddy's turn to spend the night, so he is toast.
- Yana's crew.

Now the real work begins...

Hello everyone. [Yawn] Yana had a pretty decent night last night. Except her sleep is pretty patchy. She's also not eating or drinking all that much, and she's been puking up some of her meds. Keeps things interesting.

But this is where the real work begins for us. Heather and I are on call 24x7 now; constantly at her bedside. At this level of care, each nurse has four patients, so they pop in every now and then. But the big reason we need to be there is to help her through the regular stream of procedures; and to be an advocate for our child. Because we generally know more about her than anyone caring for her, no matter how accurate their records. We've got to make the calls on Meds and painkillers; which ones will be best. We need to ask about the side-effects, and stay informed about what she's going through. That's what has to happen for her to get the best care.

So we really appreciate your continued prayers for all of us. We sleep when she does. We get breaks here and there. And thankfully, Nana and Bumpa are still around, so they can shoo us out of the room occasionally to go eat or get coffee. That's been a huge blessing. I don't know what we would do without the incredible support we've had from family and friends through this time. It's really been such an amazing experience for us to be so cared for all through this process. And of course, your continued prayers are a major part of that. So thank you again.

Yana's still pretty low-key. She doesn't smile very much. Understandable, since she's just had major surgery a few short days ago. So she's tired and she hasn't been eating well. But she continues to show good progress and stay healthy, so we are very pleased. It is wonderful to see her eyes open and clear, and to hear her little voice every now and then, saying "What's that noise?" or asking for specific things like "chips" or "oranges." We have our little girl. She is doing well. And we are very thankful.
- the Van Booms

Worth a Thousand Words

Thanks for your continued thoughts and prayers.
Here are some photos from the week.
Wheeling into the O.R. with mom - she really is never alone.
Post-op in the ICU with Nana and Bumpa T - very sleepy.

Thankfully God is good, the doctors are amazing and Yana is an incredible trouper.
More photos with a happier little girl to come!

Moved!!!

Great news everyone. Actually, a major surprise for us. We were expecting to move off the fourth floor today; out of ICU; (one on one with a nurse.) Generally, you go from there into the "ice" room, which is intermediate care (one nurse with two patients). But we were sent straight to the regular floor (one nurse with four patients). So obviously, Yana has surprised everyone with how well she is recovering.

This afternoon, she has started to be more awake. She still hasn't smiled for her Daddy, but he's working on it. She's just being a turkey. But Yana has her own room, which is a new experience for us. Usually we've shared a room with another patient. So this is neat. And she has a fairly large TV with VHS and DVD. Our little girl is living in the lap of luxury. She sits there like a queen bee now; soaking in all the love. Sleeping, drinking chocolate milk. Free to reject or accept cookies and chocolate pudding.

At any rate. We are floored by the gifts of God again today. We're wondering if we've overdone it with all the prayers... Yana's only got a few "attachments" left. She's sleeping well. Her bandages are coming off and the wounds are looking good. She's peeing freely. Guzzling chocolate milk. She's talking more. It's just exciting and amazing!!!

We thank God so much for everything happening. It's nothing short of amazing. Thanks again everyone for your continued prayers!

Wednesday update

Hello everyone. Yana continues to do well. She's sleeping lots. Bandages and tubes continue to come out. They took out her chest tube last night, so that's a big painful one. But she seems fairly comfortable, and they're very happy with her progress. We should be moving up to the Intermediate care after lunch today.

That having been said, we have had some unexpected news. It seems yana will be on Blood thinners for three months after the surgery. This is so that her body can get used to a fenestration tube they've put in; sort of like an overflow release valve. This helps her lungs to adapt to the new pressure it faces by releasing some of the excess pressure back into the heart. If she's not on blood thinners, her body may decide the tube doesn't belong and clot it up. So it is a necessary thing. But we didn't know about it, so it's a little disconcerting for us.

What this means for us is that we will have to test her blood twice a day. Now they're trying to get us a machine to take home that can do this quickly and easily for us. (It would have a finger pricker and then we would be able to test on the spot.) But if that doesn't work, we will likely have to have home care come in twice a day to take blood. We're not looking forward to that. With a new baby on the way, and new procedures that yana will hate... That kinda sucks.

But, God is good. And we are so thankful for the tremendous care Yana is receiving and the strength He has given us over the last 3 years to persevere through every challenge. It's been really fun to hear every nurse who works with Yana describe her as both "Stubborn, and strong." She fights most procedures hard, and screams bloody murder every time they come near her. Exercise for those lungs is a good thing, so we're thankful for that too.

Please continue to pray for healing and strength and courage. And offer bountiful thanks for all the wonders God has done here.
- Mike, Heather, Yana, and the Bump

Tuesday Morning!

Hello everyone. Great news. Yana is doing fantastic. they are very impressed with how well she's doing. A wonderful and beautiful answer to so many prayers!! When we first got there this morning, she wasn't allowed to drink, and was desperate for it. But then the Doctor's rounds came around 9:30, and they gave the go-ahead for her to start taking both food and drink. Over the next 30 minutes, Yana sucked back two bottles, and a popsicle, with continued asking for more "milk" or "wine"(gingerale) everytime she ran out.

So she is awake and talking. Her speech is still a little slow and she sleeps a lot, but that's all normal and expected. She actually stayed up all night, so will probably sleep all day today again... But Heather and I are simply thrilled and grateful beyond words. Our God is awesome and powerful. Even though we have had times where we were unable to pray, we felt lifted constantly on the prayers of God's people.

Thank you all so much for your love and support through this time. Thus far, Yana is healing super fast, and they marvel at her strength. Yes, the little tinge of red in her hair has come through again. She is stubborn and wilful, and a real fighter. Praise the Lord!!!!

To pray for: Continued strength and healing for her. They're going to take out some of her chest tubes today. some of those are very painful... And she has a neck tube they'll take out as well. But we continue to ask for God's protection against infection and illness. Thanks again for continuing to hold us up so faithfully to our Lord in prayer. God is good, all the time.

- Mike, Heather, Yana, and the Bump.

Word From Edmonton

Just got a call that brought joy to my heart!
Yana had a good night. She was extubated (the tube down her throat was removed) and her fever has gone down. She has even been talking with mommy and daddy - word is that she keeps asking for a bottle but is not allowed to have one. Heather and Mike are tired but hopeful and thankful for all your love, care and prayers.
Just keep prayin'!

A Note From Nana Tigchelaar

* Originally posted as a comment at the end of the day yesterday. I thought that everyone would want to read it. ~ Robin


Hello everyone,

Its been a very long, emotional roller coaster of a day. We were up at 4:30 a.m. so that we could get Yana to the pre-admit clinic for a 6 a.m.workup. We said a tearful goodbye as Heather & Yana were wheeled to the OR together; Heather then handed a drug-induced sleepy girl over to the anesthetist. She has remained in a semi-comatose state all day.

When Dan & I left this evening Yana was still intubated, which means that the tube that is down her throat does not allow her to talk. At one point when I sat with her, she opened her eyes wide, a small tear trickled down and she mouthed the word "mommy" ~ it broke my heart.

She has a fever, which we are told at this point is normal, she has a host of tubes poking into various parts of her little body that either feed her, reduce her pain, oxygenate her or provide vital information for the care team. Heather, being 8 months pregant has been a tower of strength and endurance - the power of prayer & the unswerving love of a mother.

We thank God for the miracles that took place today and we thank you our dear friends and family around the world for your kindness, your words of encouragement and most of all your prayers. Please don't stop!

Love,Ida & Dan for Heather & Mike and Yana

Out of Surgery

We praise God that Yana is out surgery.
The doctors say that her heart looks good but that the next 24 hours are critical.
It was a long morning with a lot of tears shed and a whole lot of prayers prayed.
The doctors and staff were phenomenal. Nana T. was given the privelege of taking Yana's blood pressure and temperature during pre-op and Heather walked her right into the operating room.
Continue to pray for healing for Yana and strength for the family.
We will keep you posted throughout the next 24 hours.

Just Keep Prayin'

Surgery is scheduled for this morning. To revise the words of Dory from Nemo, "Just keep prayin'. Just keep prayin'."

Heather said that at dinner last night Yana calmly stated, "The doctor's going to fix my heart." So innocent. And yes Yana, the doctor is fixing your heart.

Keep praying!

First Case!!!!

So the little baby scheduled to go first tomorrow morning is ill and not able to go into surgery. (A note of prayer: in the NICU, he/she went septic; so an infection. God protect and care for that little one!)

At any rate, we've been bumped to first case tomorrow. We'll be at the hospital at 6:00 and she'll go into surgery by 7:30-8:00.

Please cover us in prayer once again. We have felt carried by your love and your prayers through this time. God will be faithful in the future.
- Mike, Heather, Yana, and the bump.

Praise the Lord!

We talked with Dr. Rebeyka this morning, and he feels that we can go ahead with surgery tomorrow! He will do a visual assessment tomorrow morning before the surgery, but given her symptoms it really seems that she's had some sort of allergic reaction - slightly swolllen eyes, but only needed 1 nose wipe this morning. We are elated! "The prayers of the righteous are powerful and effective" (Paul said it somewhere in the NT!) and we believe it! Thank you for your prayers.

The surgery will be at 12 noon tomorrow, and we will be going in at 9 am for admission. They've told us that the surgery time isn't for sure until she's in the operating room (because another child might need urgent surgery). So there's something more to pray about!

They try to extubate children right in the operating room (take the oxygen tube out), and even wake them up. They expect her to be in ICU for no more than 48 hours if all goes well. And then off to recovery on the unit. She'll have chest tubes in for awhile, but apparently they let kids go and play chest tubes and all! Someone just carries the little vacuum while they walk! (Don't try to picture it, really.)

PRAY as well for a speedy recovery. Again, if all goes well, we could be out of the hospital in 7-10 days! Wooh!

With much gratitude for all of you and for a God who hears us and loves us and wants the best for us and our children,

HMY&BB

Urgent call to prayer!!!

So we've now been waiting almost a week for surgery, we have a solid date as of yesterday (Monday at 12 noon), and now Yana develops a runny nose and red eyes. We think its just allergies (change in environment - drier, different house) and a very perfumed detergent when she's used to the natural, perfume/dye-free that I get.
The bottom line is, we can't and the surgeon won't take any risks with this type of surgery. If something like a cold were to show up shortly after surgery, it would be very dangerous for Yana's recovery.
WE NEED YOU TO PRAY WITH US!! PRAY that first and foremost God's will is done. We don't always understand it right away or sometimes never, but we know that God loves us and our dear little one and gives us what we need, but not always what we want. And then PRAY for our acceptance whatever the outcome. Considering all that it has taken to get to this point, we would really like the surgery to be NOW! (See the last posting for full details.) Do I dare pray so specifically for what I want? I'm not sure... It's hard to understand why these things are happening.
We have contacted the surgeon, and he has asked us to page him tomorrow morning for a reassessment of Yana's condition. For now the surgery is not postponed....just up in the air!!!

We are confident in the power of the prayers of God's people, so please be on your knees with us in these next 24 hours.

Waiting on pins and needles and trying to remember to breathe,
HMYB

Waiting

Still waiting.

The word on the street is that surgery will be Monday or Tuesday of next week.

In the meantime there's plenty of time to play house with Pooh!

A (somewhat) solid date!

Well we finally have a solid date! It's a week later than the original date, but we are told that they will try to get her in for Monday (5th), and if that doesn't happen then it will for sure be Tuesday (6th). While its a relief to know that it will happen, it has been extremely difficult to be in limbo as it plays with our emotions and prolongs the inevitable and dreaded hospital time. We feel at peace that everything will be okay in the end with our dear sweet girl, but it feels a little bit like being dangled over that "pit of flames" that we mentioned earlier to have to wait an extra week. We still put our hope and trust in God's perfect timing and will!

Please pray with us that we all stay healthy so that the surgery can indeed be next week. They'll send us home if anyone in the household is sick!! All of our hard work to get to this point in time is at stake at the moment. Just to give you a picture, making it to the original date was a bit like running a race with our girl in arms and then being able to finally put her down in the arms of the medical staff at Stollery to say, "There! Now she's yours to make and keep healthy! I've done my part!" So now with sweaty brow and worn muscles we have our girl back in arms!

We have so enjoyed this extra week of watching Yana's innocence and normal joie de vivre. Nana and Bumpa and Uncle Dan were especially grateful for this extra time having come from Ontario and BC. Yana has even come up with another alternative to Grandpa (as if Bumpa wasn't enough of a stretch!) and calls him "David!" She's a character.

We will be keeping you up to date through this site on a regular basis, as we have access to computers in the hospital - and a lot of waiting and sitting time! Please continue to pray with us throughout this whole process. Pray specifically that the surgery and ICU time goes well so that our time in hospital is limited. We also really love hearing from people, even just little notes of encouragement. They keep us going and give us peace.

In His Grip,
Heather, Mike, Yana & BB (aka: big bump) Oh! And pray that BB stays in and doesn't decide to join us for the ride...

Letter from Heather

The big news? NO SURGERY TOMORROW!
We did go through all of the pre-op assessments today - ALL day - however, by the end of the day we heard from the surgeon's office that the surgery can't happen tomorrow because there have been 6 babies born recently that need urgent surgery. Sad for their families as well as ourselves. There's also a horrible lack of ICU nurses which need to be 1 to 1 with patients. We just trust fully in God's timing, although it does add however many more days of anxiety over Yana getting sick!!Please pray for peace and patience and health! Oh and that our next baby doesn't decide to come sooner than it's due date (Feb 11)!!

We'd love to hear from you too!
Heather, Mike and Yana & ???

Surgery Update

Thanks for checking out the blog. We are hoping that this is a great way to update everyone on the upcoming surgery of Yana.
Mike, Heather, Yana, Dan, Ida and Dan are in Edmonton.
Surgery was planned for tomorrow (Tuesday), but for reasons unrelated to Yana the surgery has been postponed until Friday or Monday. Understandably, everyone is disappointed as they were all emotionally geared up for it.

In the words of Heather and Mike:

We are so relieved that this will be over and done with soon, but very
anxious about "walking through the flames." What we trust is that our little
girl is in the hands of a loving, all-powerful God who will work through the
hands and minds of the medical staff at Stollery Children's Hospital. Thanks
to all for your love, support and prayers...