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I must say that year was one mixed bag. It had many ups and downs but am just excited that the year is coming to a close. This morning I woke up feeling very thankful to God. He has been so faithful, the highlight being seeing Samara and us through the surgery. We saw miracles and favour. He helped us raise funds, he helped us get to MIOT Hospitals safely, He took baby gal through the surgery and the recovery process was amazing and fast. We experienced such favour in the hospital like we stayed in one of the best rooms for the 15days we were there, the nurses, doctors and support staff were friendly and made our stay much better. So am just happy to say that God is faithful and He carries us through the hard times in our lives. Only after we have gone through do we look back and declare that it was by His grace, mercies and goodness that we have passed the hurdles. Hope you will be encouraged to know that even when people do not seem to understand or care enough or as you would want...

Today is exactly 2 months from the date of surgery. Baby gal is doing very well and our isolation of 8 weeks is over and that calls for lots of celebration. She also finishes her multivitamin tomorrow and am so excited, to have a time when she doesn't have to take any medication. Samara doesn't fuss about taking medicine and that used to scare me a lot. On one hand I was grateful we didn't have to force her to take it(just give her the medicine in its cup and she gulps it in),  was uncomfortable with how easily she took it all in as I always declared that was not her portion(the fears and struggles of a mum, I guess). Well, 2 months post operation she has added weight, she is sleeping through the night, stopped breastfeeding, talking alot and we looking forward to her celebrating her second birthday on 7th January 2012. We have so much to be thankful for and we are happy and content. http://pinterest.com/ruth_h/the-faces-of-chd-congenital-heart-awareness-week-f/

I must say that year was one mixed bag. It had many ups and downs but am just excited that the year is coming to a close. This morning I woke up feeling very thankful to God. He has been so faithful, the highlight being seeing Samara and us through the surgery. We saw miracles and favour. He helped us raise funds, he helped us get to Miot Hospitals safely, He took baby gal through the surgery and the recovery process was amazing and fast. We experienced such favour in the hospital like we stayed in one of the best rooms fro the 15days we were there, the nurses, doctors and support staff were friendly and made our stay much better. So am just happy to say that God is faithful and He carries us through the hard times in our lives. Only after we have gone through do we look back and declare that it was by His grace, mercies and goodness that we have passed the hurdles. Hope you will be encouraged to know that even when people do not seem to understand or care enough or as you would want...

Atrial septal defect (ASD), is a heart condition that can affect kids. Normal Heart Function To understand an ASD, it helps to know how the heart works. The heart has four chambers. The lower chambers of the heart are called the ventricles: a left ventricle and a right ventricle. The upper chambers are the atria and there are two— a left atrium and a right atrium. You may already know that your heart is a muscle that pumps blood throughout your body. In a person without a heart defect, blue blood that's low in oxygen flows first to the right atrium, then to the right ventricle, and is then pumped to the lungs to receive oxygen. The red oxygen-rich blood then returns to the left atrium, flows from there into the left ventricle, and heads out to the body through the aorta, a large blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the smaller blood vessels in the body. Between the right and left atria is a wall called the septum that...

Today is Alex’s turn to go tour the town and I baby sit samara. She is really acting up, I think she knows her dad aint here and am so worked up because I need to arrange transport for cargo to be picked yet the fone is not dialing neither sending smses. I am so mad and unfortunately with Sam acting up , I am also letting it out on her. I apologise and tell myself to relax. Its also raining heavily and I cant go to the shop that sold the line to us as they asked me to go. Anyways it stops I carry Sam there and she is heavy now at 9.6kg. They tell me it will be rectified by 2pm and am desperate anyone I ask for their fone has an excuse or state their fone has an issue. So I told my self there isn’t much I can do, so showered samara then she slept. Went down to meet wife of the Kenyan guy and its refreshing to talk to her..We come back to room and baby girl sleeps. The fone finally works and I make my necessary calls and am satisfied. Cant wait to ...

Today I left the hospital early and ventured into Chennai town. I must say, traffic here is crazy and everyone hoots and drives like crazy yet the cab guy told me  they have very   few accidents because of slow speed cars go because of high population. On the roads you have cars, motorbikes, tuk tuks , buses which have no windows and full to capacity, people hang like they used to in our buses sometimes back, and you may also get bikes.  We started with saravana and the cab guy was God sent becoz he went in with me and was able to translate for me when necessary. Think what was so frustrating was communication. I felt relived that we were done with errands and we then looked for KFC ..yes junk food but better than what we have been eating here at the hospital. We ate a chicken zinger burger with pepsi and I oreder take away fro Alex and Samara.  We headed back and believe me traffic was a lot and we got back at 6.30. I thanked...