Johanna (Cataholic) & Sister Jessica continue to Request Prayers for young Samantha

[Cinder & Smoke]

Happy Fifth, Sammy >>>





"Just *walkin around* in my long johns!"




Happy Hikin, Sammy!

[ramanth]

Hey! Do you have an operators permit for those!

[rg_girlca]

WOW a big 5 years old now. I am so happy to hear how well you are doing and about your new pair of legs with bendable knees. How cool is that.
Yes, I agree that Jessica is one brave little girl, for everything that she has had to endure.

Good luck in this new phase that you will be going through. I have no doubt in my mind that you will come through this like a trooper as you have done in the past.

Seeing your lovely pictures always puts a smile on my face.

[cassiesmom]

Go Samantha, go! Happy Summer!

[Pawsitive Thinking]

Incredible little girl - you are an inspiration to us all

Lots of love

[sasvermont]

I think about this child nearly every day. She is such a trooper.

I hope she is doing nicely - I am sure she is....

Has anyone heard anything? I bet she is getting to be quite the young lady!

[Cinder & Smoke]

Here's the latest Care Page report by Mom Jessica >>>

Happy Autumn!
Posted Oct 24, 2008 11:43am

Hard to believe it's been 6 months!
Sam's doing well, and had a great summer, between horseback riding, playing in her pool
and sandbox, and working hard in therapy on her new legs. She's also having fun at school,
and enjoying her 2nd year of PreK. She spends time on her legs every day,
and is getting around really well.

Her 2nd session w/the horses starts up in a couple of weeks; she loves it,
and is constantly practicing her horse commands on me..."whoa" and "walk."

She's been to Children's a couple times, and on our next visit in December,
her nephrologist will do a more detailed test (it's been done once before)
to get a more accurate look at her renal function. Her labs last month showed some changes,
though not extreme ones, so we'll see.

Overall, she's feeling great and looking forward to Halloween next week.
Hope everyone enjoyed the summer--time to gear up for the holiday season now!

Thanks,
Jessica
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From Phred:
Sorry I missed this one - I forgot to change my email address with Care Pages
and missed the update alert.
Not sure why all the previous photo snappies have gone missing.

[Cinder & Smoke]

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Sam'sDay #6 is on March 1, 2009
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Snappies from last Fall >>>

[momoffuzzyfaces]

What a little beauty Sammy is!!!

Prayers are still going up daily from me for her and her entire family!

[cassiesmom]

Dear Samantha, I have you on my mind this evening! What are you and your family doing to celebrate the coming of spring? And how was your birthday?!

Thinking of you,
Elyse

[Medusa]

Who couldn't be impressed w/a smile like that? It puts the rest of us to shame when we complain about our troubles. Prayers going up right now......

[cassiesmom]

Dear Samantha, I have you on my mind and heart again this evening ... How are you? how was your Christmas? Did you receive lots of neat gifts?

Thinking of you,
Elyse

[Cinder & Smoke]

Hey Sam ~~~

HAPPIE New Year, Kiddo!!
Hope you had a NICE Christmas - and that Sandy Paws was GOOD to you.

Tell your Mom we could all stand to see some new PHOTOS of you. (HINT)

{{{Hugs}}}

[Cataholic]

Sam is now in the big Kindergarten! She is attending a 3 day a week full day private school, today will be her second day. I haven't heard yet how it went.

Let's see...Sam knows a fair amount of sight words (smaller words that a beginning reader learns by memory, which helps her acquire bigger word skills), and seems right on target with the other kids she is in class with. (She could teach a few educational things to her less skilled nephew for sure). She was a delight to see over Christmas. I will see if my sister will let me post some pics of her.

Thanks for thinking of Sam!