Did you notice that totally adorable little boy smiling at you from the side bar!? His name is Mason. He is 26 months old and he and his mommy Summer will soon be leaving (on the 16th of this month) their home and family behind in Utah while they go to Standford to await Masons new heart. He is a sweet and precious boy who captured my heart the first time I saw him on his blog. He was born with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. (Go to his blog to meet him and read more about his specific heart conditions.) His mommy is an amazing, inspirational person who, through reading her posts has helped me focus more on the time I spend with my kids.
Please remember to "Pray for Mason"...and his family.....and also for my cousin Carinne who is due in May. She is in the early stages of learning what being a "heart mom " means. Her baby will need surgery soon after birth and who know how many more procedures or surgeries after that.
You know....I am just pondering on that phrase, "heart mom". I know (personally or through their blog) quite a few ...Angela, Natalie, Sariah, Carinne, Anna, Summer... and these are women who have more "heart" than you could imagine a person ever having. They have been through hard times...to me, the hardet a mom could go through... and they still smile, laugh, "dance in the rain", serve others and live their lives "walking by faith". I have relativly healthy kids. We deal with the normal viral and bacterial things...(and some of the not so normal ones too). Kaitlyn has been sick with one thing after another since she started up school again after Christmas break. I think she's maybe gone to a full week of school without missing a day twice since January. I don't know why, but she seems to get every illness she comes in contact with. We were in the ER with her Monday night because she had been complaining of stomach pains. Then her fever sky rocketed and on top of it, she was unable to urinate...couldn't even force herself to leave a sample for our family doctor. Then...while we were in the exam room (at our dr's office) I noticed a rash on her belly and back. Dr. Peterson just told me that something was not right and that looking at her worried him so he sent us to the ER. We came home and she had a Priesthood blessing and then we (Brandon, Kaitlyn and I) went to the ER. We were not there 15 minutes before she went to the bathroom and was able to "go". She's been fine ever since (as far as being able to go #1). They did a urine test, x-ray and CBC blood work and it all came back normal. (this to me is a miracle...and when I took her in to see Dr. P again yesterday he was amazed that all her tests were normal and he agreed with me that it was because of the blessing...{I love having a LDS dr.}) But, she does have fifth disease which I am trying to not worry and stress about. Anyhow...my point is in telling you all that is that this is cold and flu season and having sick kids is normal. It's also very tiring, draining and stressful. These "heart moms"...they don't get a break from the worry and stress. Some of them can't take their little ones out and life revolves around keeping their kiddo as healthy as possible. Some of them have had to force themselves out of bed everyday because they miss their little one who they no longer have to worry about. I don't pretend to know how it feels. Angela has told me that she doesn't want anyone to have to know how "it feels". But when I look at my life and compare it to theirs (I know...we shouldn't compare ourselves) I can't help but be in awe of these magnificent women!
*To grab yourself a cute button of Mason like mine, click on his picture to go to his blog!*
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Thanks. Yes...how true. These moms are awesome. 'heart moms'. I pray for all of them.
I also pray for Kaityln She's been giving you some scares. Wow. I so love teh priesthood and am thankful she was able to have a blessing. Keep us posted.
Jennifer your mom and Stephanie had 5th's disease together! it's really nothing to worry about and much easier than chicken pox! and you are right we are very blessed to have healthy children and the priesthood! i'm learning to count my blessings too!
yes heart moms have the biggest hearts of us all. my sister in law lost her first baby at 20 weeks, due to a hole in the heart. If he had survived, I guess she would be dealing with a lot of things that heart moms deal with. It's so sad and they do need our daily prayers. I hope Kaitlyn stays well.
From most the sites I have read about fifth disease normally it only affects the baby the first half of the pregnancy so hopefully if you do happen to get it everything will be ok. I had a scare like you when I was pregnant with Landon worrying that I might get it cause Kiley and Gaige had it. I didn't get it though. Thank you for all the kind words you said about Sariah. So true those heart moms are awesome!
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