Please keep my neice in your thoughts and prayers - Pet forum for dogs cats and humans

Rgeurts · #1 June 12th, 2012, 12:23 PM

Please keep my little neice Faith in your thoughts and prayers. She is in the hospital now. They are putting a catheter in her heart to check the pressure of her heart and lungs. They will also be stopping her heart to check for another possible defect so they are fully prepared for the actual surgery on Thursday. She just turned 4 and is such a sweet little girl. If you want to see her, this is a very sweet video of her:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_5q_...&feature=share

Thanks all

Dog Dancer · #2 June 12th, 2012, 01:47 PM

Oh my goodness Robyn, how scary for everyone. Your neice and her parents and your entire family are in my thoughts and prayers. I pray that she comes through this well and the Drs are able to fix her up.

I haven't watched the video yet, but will do that.

Dog Dancer · #3 June 12th, 2012, 01:51 PM

She is the ultimate in sweetness - Faith stay strong once again - your family and friends are all praying for you. It just brings tears to my eyes that such little children have to face such huge obstacles.

Love4himies · #4 June 12th, 2012, 02:27 PM

pbpatti · #5 June 12th, 2012, 06:00 PM

Faith is such a sweet little thing Robyn. I am sending prayers that she can go home to her family after this procedure and live a long life.

Barkingdog · #6 June 12th, 2012, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Rgeurts

Please keep my little neice Faith in your thoughts and prayers. She is in the hospital now. They are putting a catheter in her heart to check the pressure of her heart and lungs. They will also be stopping her heart to check for another possible defect so they are fully prepared for the actual surgery on Thursday. She just turned 4 and is such a sweet little girl. If you want to see her, this is a very sweet video of her:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_5q_...&feature=share

Thanks all

She is a very sweet little girl and I will keep her in my thoughts and hope everything goes well .

BenMax · #7 June 12th, 2012, 07:34 PM

Mega thoughts and prayers sent to this little angel's way.

Rgeurts · #8 June 12th, 2012, 10:01 PM

Thank you all

She came through the procedure with flying colors! They let the family take her to the hotel and told them to have a fun day with her tomorrow, so they're taking her to the zoo, then Chuck E Cheese again

She goes back on Thursday for the open heart surgery. This "should" hold her over until she's old enough for a transplant. They think that will be when she's around 18 or so. She's such a precious little soul

hazelrunpack · #9 June 13th, 2012, 12:16 AM

So glad it all went well, Robyn! Sending

for a successful outcome on Thursday! She'll be in my thoughts and prayers.

growler~GateKeeper · #10 June 13th, 2012, 02:16 AM

Faith is a sweetie, I love her name. Many many

for Thursday!

Kasianni · #11 June 13th, 2012, 12:25 PM

So glad all went well. Sending lots of prayers and good thoughts to Faith and her family for Thursdays procedure.

marko · #12 June 13th, 2012, 12:46 PM

Keeping good thoughts in mind for you and your whole family

Winston · #13 June 14th, 2012, 09:56 AM

Sending you Many positive thoughts and good vibes today sweet little Faith! You have a big community of family wishing you well!!!!!

Dog Dancer · #14 June 14th, 2012, 10:10 AM

Robyn, thinking of your family and sweet little Faith today.

that today is as much a success as the last.

Rgeurts · #15 June 14th, 2012, 11:43 AM

Thank you all for the

'ers and

, they're needed, and appreciated by us all

They took her in for surgery at about 8:30 this morning, so it's just a waiting game right now. They said it would be about 3 1/2-4 hours, so we've got awhile to go.

Goldfields · #16 June 14th, 2012, 12:05 PM

Robyn, she's a little angel and I hope this op. is it till she's older. My great niece is a heart child too and sadly has had so many surgeries that now she cries when they tell her she has to go to hospital. You can never feel depressed as an adult about anything that ails you when you stop to consider these poor little kiddies.

Dog Dancer · #17 June 14th, 2012, 12:21 PM

GF you certainly have that right. Hard to feel bad for myself over a headache when I look at little Faith. I so don't know the meaning of pain. Robyn I'll say an extra prayer for Faith this morning, and bless her surgeons on this important day.

Rgeurts · #18 June 14th, 2012, 03:57 PM

GF and DD, thank you both! And yes, something like this does make you realize how extremely fortunate most of us are. She's such a little doll.

She just came out of surgery, is in recovery now and doing well!!!! Thanks for all the good vibes and prayers... they worked!!

Rgeurts · #19 June 14th, 2012, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Goldfields

Robyn, she's a little angel and I hope this op. is it till she's older. My great niece is a heart child too and sadly has had so many surgeries that now she cries when they tell her she has to go to hospital. You can never feel depressed as an adult about anything that ails you when you stop to consider these poor little kiddies.

How old is your great neice, GF? Poor little thing. Is she a candidate for a transplant? They said for Faith, this should be the last surgery she needs until she is fully grown and can have a transplant, around 18 yrs old.

Dog Dancer · #20 June 14th, 2012, 04:15 PM

Just got goosebumps of happiness!

So glad she came through it well. Keep us posted.

Kasianni · #21 June 14th, 2012, 07:21 PM

Great news!! So glad all went well.

Koteburo · #22 June 14th, 2012, 07:54 PM

Having such a hard time so soon that girl

Sending my best vibes and wishes of healing, recovery, well being, good health to baby Faith. Good thing she went through this successfully and now a quick and perfect recovery and may love always be by Faith's side.

hazelrunpack · #23 June 14th, 2012, 11:54 PM

So glad she made it through so well, Robyn!!! Sending

for a swift recovery! And some for your great niece, too, GF!

Goldfields · #24 June 15th, 2012, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Rgeurts

How old is your great neice, GF? Poor little thing. Is she a candidate for a transplant? They said for Faith, this should be the last surgery she needs until she is fully grown and can have a transplant, around 18 yrs old.

Shanise is now 12, Robyn, and my sister said that they don't talk about the hospital stays now, it upsets her too much. She has had a lot of ear trouble too because narrowing of the arteries seems to go with narrowing of tubes also, and that has meant operations and a lot of pain. They haven't put a time on it but something will have to be done because as she ages those arteries have to stretch , maybe they won't so well.?

They look after heart kids so well here, she once had an accident, got cut on some glass, and they sent not one but two ambulances.

So pleased that Faith is now on the road to recovery after her op.. Dear little pet. She'll be an inspiration to me after my knee is done, I shall remind myself that Faith went through worse.

cpietra16 · #25 June 15th, 2012, 09:56 AM

Hi Rgeurts,
I just saw the post...what a sweet little child. I am glad she made it through the surgery and is in recovery...Is she doing well today.
My thoughts and prayers are with her and the family

Sylvie · #26 June 15th, 2012, 01:19 PM

My thoughts and prayers are with you Rguerts and all your family.

Faith is a little sweetheart.

I am so glad that everything went well.

Dog Dancer · #27 June 15th, 2012, 02:56 PM

Thinking of Faith today and hoping she's continuing on her road of recovery.

Love4himies · #28 June 16th, 2012, 04:18 PM

How is she doing today?

Rgeurts · #29 June 16th, 2012, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Goldfields

Shanise is now 12, Robyn, and my sister said that they don't talk about the hospital stays now, it upsets her too much. She has had a lot of ear trouble too because narrowing of the arteries seems to go with narrowing of tubes also, and that has meant operations and a lot of pain. They haven't put a time on it but something will have to be done because as she ages those arteries have to stretch , maybe they won't so well.?

They look after heart kids so well here, she once had an accident, got cut on some glass, and they sent not one but two ambulances.

So pleased that Faith is now on the road to recovery after her op.. Dear little pet. She'll be an inspiration to me after my knee is done, I shall remind myself that Faith went through worse.

Poor little thing. Hopefully Faith won't have to go through all of that. They said this should hold her over until she's fully grown, around 18 or so. Then she will have a transplant. I will make sure and say a prayer for your great neice. Have they said if she is a good candidate for a transplant?

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Originally Posted by cpietra16

Hi Rgeurts,
I just saw the post...what a sweet little child. I am glad she made it through the surgery and is in recovery...Is she doing well today.
My thoughts and prayers are with her and the family

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Originally Posted by Love4himies

How is she doing today?

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Originally Posted by Dog Dancer

Thinking of Faith today and hoping she's continuing on her road of recovery.

Thanks all

She's actually doing awesome! They said she'd be at least a week in the hospital, maybe longer. But that was before the surgery. They're saying today, she may be able to go home as early as Monday. They really praised her for her cheerfulness and good heart through it all. I'm sure that's one reason she's doing so well

Thank you all again for keeping her in your thoughts and prayers, it made a difference!