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A little update for 2013
It’s been awhile!
Just thought we would pop in with a little update on our family.
Aria’s little sister turned one on the last day of January. It has been a year since Sylvie arrived three months early into the world. A year on everyone is amazed at how well she is doing. We had the privilege of a routine appointment with her child development therapist. She commented on the fact she doesn’t often get to see babies born that early doing this well. Did our hearts good to hear that. I just felt God say to me ‘look evil tried to break it (again!) and I fixed it”
Aria’s little brother has graduated from preschool and is now at school. He is doing really well and loving school. It has been a tough transition for our family. Asher speaks about Aria daily which is nice. The school had a family fun day and he commented on the fact Aria wouldn’t be there and said ‘poor Aria’. It was nice to reassure him that it is no longer poor Aria rather poor us for missing her.
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About Aria
Aria MacDonald
Aria is an amazing four year old little girl from Manurewa, Auckland, New Zealand. Aria received her gift of life on the 6th of February 2010, a small bowel, kidney, liver and pancreas transplant at the Nebraska Medical Center, in Omaha, USA. Sadly the new intestine has rejected and Aria was relisted on the organ transplant list on the 27th of April 2010. Aria received her 2nd gift of life on Mothers Day 9th May 2010.
Aria’s story begins after birth when she was diagnosed with a very rare condition of the bowel known as total intestinal aganglionosis or total Hirschsprung’s disease. There is no cure and it means she will never be able to digest food.
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Aria's support to date:
Progress meter: 75%
Links
- Hirschsprung’s disease
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Starship Children’s Health
The hospital that takes great care of Aria - The Kids Foundation of NZ
The wonderful charity that supports Aria