Strength

Update on Mrs Degan, 3/2/2013: Dana has continued to heal from last weeks bleed, however we're still limiting her to little or no activity.  We can't afford to have any setbacks now, so that is why we make sure she has plenty of sleep and a couple naps daily.  As of today, we're both ready for this; however I'm sure both of us will grow a little wary as the day nears.

We've been looking at so many different things in life to draw strength from to help us get through this.  Whether that be with religion, family, friends, science.....anything and everything helps.

One example in particular I've been drawing from is from this boy =

Porter Rhys Degan.
I look at him and know that for so many reasons that were going to be ok.  At a incredibly young age we found out my nephew Porter had an issue with his heart.  My brother and his wife went through hell and back doing everything in their power to make sure they 
a) did whatever it took to fix Porter 
b) kept their sanity 
c) be strong for one another through thick and thin.  

I can remember the many phone calls I had with my brother.  Talking about the check ups, discussions on the procedures and the normal phone call talking about how cute and fast Porter was growing.  

Knowing that this boy had a massive mountain to climb and he did it...it is insanely inspiring.  Every time I see him, I tell myself how special he is.  He doesn't know it yet but someday when he is a grown man I'll look forward telling him how much he helped me get through Dana's journey.  Just as before when Porter was going into surgery, we kept our thoughts positive, weeded out the negative and made sure any and every resource available to us was being used at its greatest extent.  Porter is completely fine these days, full of energy and his heart is just perfect....By this time next week Dana will be completely fine and we will be getting home from the hospital and start our 6-8 week recovery.

Strength can be found in many different forms, even when it's a 2 1/2 year old boy.