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

[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 >>>

[slick]

Oh dear Phred: I'm so ashamed. I've been so wrapped up in my own daily stresses that I have not thought of dear Sam in a long time. Sweet Sam, please forgive me. LES.

With all that you've been through you're shining smile still gives us so much inspiration. I can't believe that you are going to be six years old. So glad to see that you are getting around nicely and enjoying school. Pretty soon you'll be entering grade 1 and that bring more "phun" stuff and new friends to meet. Keep practicing that horsie lingo. Who knows, one day you may end up visiting NM and Mz Mare's Mom.

Thank you Sas for resurrecting this thread and reminding us all that life is really not so bad after all.