For the last few months I have been helping out here and there with a fundraising effort for my very good friend Chrissy's niece, Sindey.
Sindey was born on July 17 2007 and shortly thereafter was diagnosed with Microvillus Inclusion Disease, an extremely rare disease which basically prevents nutrients from being properly absorbed by the body.
Earlier this year she was sent to Miami to undergo multi-visceral transplant surgery, and recieved transplanted small intestines, large intestines, liver, stomach, pancreas, bladder, and two kidneys.
Sidney was a fighter, she was a brave and strong little girl who did everything she could to make it through, and did, until finally it was just too much.
Sidney peacefully passed away early yesterday morning in the arms of her mom and dad.
I don't know what it is like to be a parent, but I can imagine that losing a child is one of the most horrible things to have to go through.
I encourage you to visit Sidney's website and read her story. She has something to teach each and every one of us about perservence and being strong, not many people could put up with everything that little girl had to go though and still have a smile on their face.
She has taught me that we should be thankful for what we have and that we have a lot to learn when it comes to what really matters in life.
If you are able, I also encourage you to donate to her family, the cost of the medical procedures are (as can be imagined) extremely expensive and they could use all the help that those of us have to offer.
You can also view Sidney's story as reported on WCCO TV.
3 comments:
That is just too heartbreaking. I'm so sad.
I wish her family the best.
This kills me really. It does. As a father I can not imagine the loss of my child at any stage in life. The second I found out I was going to be a father my heart and body filled with love in an instant... it breaks my heart that other parents have to experience such loss. What a gift it must have been to have her for just even a short while...no matter how hard it is. Things are different now...she dances with the angels :-)
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