Abigal

Meet beautiful and joyful Abigail! Abigail is 8 years old. On Feb.11, 2011 I took her for a routine visit for a blood check. Abigail was born with Down Syndrome. She also was diagnosed with a transient type of Leukemia. This can happen to children with Down Syndrome. The Leukemia went away on its own. [...]

SuLe

Meet Beautiful SuLe! SuLe was adopted into our family from Beijing, China, in January 2009. Her name means “the reawakening of joy” and it fits her perfectly. She is a beautiful, outgoing little girl who loves art, music and posing for pictures. She has a long medical road ahead of her, with ongoing doctors visits [...]

Rhyer

Meet beautiful blue eyed Rhyer! This little hero has been through a lot in his short 3 1/2 years. Diagnosed with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, Rhyer has already suffered a massive stroke and had 3 open heart surgeries. At one point we were told he may never sit-up or walk. Hypoplastic left heart syndrome occurs [...]

Kaysia

When Kaysia came into this world, we had no idea what she (or us)was about to face. After discovering she contracted septicemia during delivery, she was rushed to the NICU. The next day we were informed she had the infection in her blood, a heart condition, and they were also sure she had Down syndrome. [...]

Hayden

Meet our little hero, Hayden. While still Pregnant we found out that Hayden had Down Syndrome and also a heart problem known as Atrioventricular canal defect. When Hayden was 5 Months old just weighing 10lbs he had open heart surgery. Hayden is now 5 yrs old and is a very energetic little boy who loves [...]

Asher

Meet Brave Heart Asher Griffin, our courageous hero! He is our little heart warrior born October 27, 2010 with a complex congenital heart defect (CHD), Tetralogy of Fallot with Pulmonary Atresia. We were unaware of Asher’s heart defect during pregnancy, so we were shocked and heartbroken when our sweet baby boy was born into this [...]

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Nigel

Meet Sweet Little Nigel! Born at 23 weeks gestation, weighing in at 1 lb. 2 oz. I was told by doctors that babies born this early are not viable, and that he may not live to the next day or the next week. Well, he did make it to the next day, and the next [...]

Faith

Most people have never heard the term anophthalmia. For us, we learned the term when we were told at 19 weeks during an ultrasound that our baby girl’s eyes did not develop and that she would be completely blind. At the time we did not know if there were other issues or if it was [...]