All Miracles

"I was born with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia- basically a hole in the diaphragm. It’s a life-threatening condition for infants. Part of the condition is that most of the organs are basically squished up into the ribcage, which prevents development of the heart and lungs. On my left side there ...

Laycee Renae entered this world on April 17, 1993, full term, 8 pounds and, with an undiagnosed left CDH.  Because our local hospital was not set up for such a critically ill child, arrangements were made to send her to Cook Children's Hospital in Fort Worth.  During the flight, the phy...

I found out in November of 2003 the morning that I went in for emergency surgery that I was pregnant. Being 35 years old and an insulin dependent diabetic I was considered high risk. I was sent to Fort Worth to a high risk ob named Dr. Tabor. After month number 2 they told me that the baby was going...

Our O-baby was born on 8/08, her name is Mia is she is doing wonderfully.We were diagnosed with an O (and a 2 vessel cord) at our 19 week ultrasound and it was a long road from there. We were given the option to terminate but for us that wasn't an option. So we were initially sent right to the card...

A Sweetheart of a Miracle!(Erica's story is told by Sarah Avery a writer for News & Observer.)The article is entitled: A Rare Challenge, A Rare Chance1 baby in 10,000 has this defect. Erica's was the worst doctors had seen.DURHAM -- Everyone knew from the start that Erica Nance would pr...

My Walk With JESUSMy name is Jason and I am 35-years-old. On Wednesday, June 27, 2001, I had surgery to remove the juvenile astrocytoma tumor from my brain stem. The journey has been long and hard with many ups and downs, but it hasbrought me closer to GOD!Sunday, June 24, 2001, will live forever i...

Our daughter was born fighting. She was diagnosed with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia when I was 20 weeks pregnant. She was given horrible odds of survival. Our home is in Iowa. We traveled to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for her birth. (16 hours away from our home.) We never wanted to look ...