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A Papa, his heart, and (one of ) his grandgirls

By Josie / May 22, 2024
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This photo breaks my heart every time I see it. I took this picture two days before Maya needed her third open heart surgery to fix her AV Canal defect. She was born with only three chambers in her heart and only one valve instead of two, the tricuspid and mitral valve. Usually this CHD…

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Just the Two of Us (or Three!)

By Josie / June 29, 2021
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This is hard to admit but I remember after Mayas’ diagnosis, crying and feeling sad that Ryan and I would never be empty nesters, and get the chance to travel together just us two once the kids were grown. I remember Ryan holding me and saying, “but just think, well get to show our baby…

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