Nathan’s Prayer is a site for families and friends who love children with congenital heart defects. It is named for my son, a precocious boy who was born with Scimitar Syndrome, a rare heart condition with traits that include dextrocardia and PAPVR. Nathan is doing great!
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Nathan Blakeney, Thanksgiving 2007
A Turgrim? A Pilkey?
This is Nathan two Thanksgivings ago. He is wearing a body cast under the Pilgrim costume. I’m fairly certain he still fits in the outfit, but I doubt I can talk him into wearing it...
Feeding the pig.
We were having a wonderful time at the Bayou View Elementary Fall Festival this morning. Nathan started by selecting a chocolate cupcake frosted to perfection at the Bake Shop. Then he tried out all three of the giant bouncey...
Broady
Broady Doland is scheduled for a heart catheterization in the coming days. Take the time to pray that this test will provide his surgeons with excellent information for his pending heart surgery. The heart cath will be performed on Tuesday,...
Kassandra
I have posted previously on this lovely little girl, Kassandra. Her heart surgery has been scheduled for Friday, December 4th, at Methodist Children’s Hospital in San Antonio. This surgery will correct Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous...
Nathan Blakeney, EKG Pro, at Children's Hospital in New Orleans.
Last week, Bryan and I took Nathan to Children’s Hospital in New Orleans for his annual checkup. His heart surgery to correct Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return, a problem...
This blog is written by the mother of a boy with a congenital heard defect and it chronicles some of their experiences they've been through as a family. I recommend reading the piece called "The Privacy Curtain", which one first prize in the Gulf Coast Writer's Association's Twenty-first Annual "Let's Write" Literary Contest.
