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Magnificent Maddie

September 1, 2011 at 4:13 pm
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Pulmonary hypertension, overriding aorta, and pulmonary atresia are a few of the health obstacles in little Maddie's life. She has undergone 11 procedures, including three open-heart surgeries, to correct her cardiovascular defects and has received the lifesaving gift of blood with each of her surgeries.


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Survival Story

July 20, 2011 at 2:06 pm
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I will never forget how stunned I was when I got an email from Karen on March 5, 2009 to announce her son‘s arrival. It started "Quinn Frederick Bossow was born on Tuesday morning. Unfortunately, he is in extremely critical condition at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital." I immediately visited the blog she had created to keep family and friends updated on his condition.