Vana

[Zeb_Carter]

Good wishes and good thoughts to you and Gabby!

 

[Honey123]

All is in our maker's hands....

Love, light and life to Vana and Gabrielle.

 

[Noor]

I am in one of my quiet times so I am not saying much.

I am thrilled that Gabrielle is fighting to stay and you are well enough to be with her.

I will continue to cross fingers, wish on stars, and throw pennies in fountains.

 

[Guest]

Good Evening, Lovelies

I'm in the NICU at the hospital, having a cup of chai and because Femininity has managed to persuade the doctors (and manipulated more than a few nurses ) with her charm and beautiful smile, I will now have permanent and full Internet access for as long as I need it.

I can see Gabrielle from here. She's lying in the fetal position, clutching the thumb of her left hand in the palm of her tiny right hand. She is so incredibly tiny. You could not image her! I spent my day by her side. I already feel like a permanent fixture in the NICU. I see nurses and doctors and specialists and parents and siblings of tiny and mostly very sick babies come and go. I've chosen to be with her every moment I can (which means, that for all practical purposes I've moved in here . . . )

She is fighting to stay with us. She loves to be talk to - I tell her about the world out there - about art, and music, and flowers and purple and chocolate. I've told her about love and peace and happiness, joy and spirit. And I know she wants more than anything to experience all of that.

The realities here are hard. I've taken over all her cares except the obvious medical procedures that I do not have the skills for. I'm asking a lot of questions. I want to know what, why, where, how and when. I might just be their worst nightmare. But I want what's best for my daughter and they respect and accept that.

Thank you for all your PM's, emails, text messages, phone calls, cards, letters, flowers, gifts, prayers, positive energy, tears, love and other contributions that help more than you can ever imagine. I have never felt as loved and protected as I do right now. I am looking forward to taking the following few days to slowly read through this thread and your pm's and mail. Please forgive me if I do not reply. Time is precious and I am spending every moment with her.

This has been a strange and remarkable year - so much to be thankful for. I have incredible beauty in my life. Yet, with that comes the realisation that life is more precious than we care to remember. I will treasure every moment with her. She truly is an angel.

Much love to all of you

 

[deathlynx]

Much love to you both!
You both are still in my thoughts and prayers...

 

[CandyLipps]

You and your daughter are in my thoughts and well wishes. I will be sending all the postive energy that I can to you and your daughter.

 

[Guest]

 

[moonlight elf]

Good Evening, Lovelies

I'm in the NICU at the hospital, having a cup of chai and because Femininity has managed to persuade the doctors (and manipulated more than a few nurses ) with her charm and beautiful smile, I will now have permanent and full Internet access for as long as I need it.

I can see Gabrielle from here. She's lying in the fetal position, clutching the thumb of her left hand in the palm of her tiny right hand. She is so incredibly tiny. You could not image her! I spent my day by her side. I already feel like a permanent fixture in the NICU. I see nurses and doctors and specialists and parents and siblings of tiny and mostly very sick babies come and go. I've chosen to be with her every moment I can (which means, that for all practical purposes I've moved in here . . . )

She is fighting to stay with us. She loves to be talk to - I tell her about the world out there - about art, and music, and flowers and purple and chocolate. I've told her about love and peace and happiness, joy and spirit. And I know she wants more than anything to experience all of that.

The realities here are hard. I've taken over all her cares except the obvious medical procedures that I do not have the skills for. I'm asking a lot of questions. I want to know what, why, where, how and when. I might just be their worst nightmare. But I want what's best for my daughter and they respect and accept that.

Thank you for all your PM's, emails, text messages, phone calls, cards, letters, flowers, gifts, prayers, positive energy, tears, love and other contributions that help more than you can ever imagine. I have never felt as loved and protected as I do right now. I am looking forward to taking the following few days to slowly read through this thread and your pm's and mail. Please forgive me if I do not reply. Time is precious and I am spending every moment with her.

This has been a strange and remarkable year - so much to be thankful for. I have incredible beauty in my life. Yet, with that comes the realisation that life is more precious than we care to remember. I will treasure every moment with her. She truly is an angel.

Much love to all of you

 

[Guest]

 

[Matadore]

A listener she is

Vana,
what a beautiful mother you are. We are so glad that you have access. Just knowing that you are capable of reading and sending messages makes a huge difference even if you don't send another!

Gabrielle is a very lucky little girl to have you for a mother. That you can see so clearly that she needs to be spoken to, that she is not alone and isolated.

No matter how professional and kind the staff are, the fact that you are there adds a human element that supports and boosts their response to do the extra effort and touches their inner angels.

When you feel tired and uncertain, lift out the memory of the many, many people who are with you and Gabby by your sides in thought, prayer, love and hope. Gain strength knowing you are loved by friends that you haven't even met, yet.

 

[slyc_willie]

Gain strength knowing you are loved by friends that you haven't even met, yet.

Amen.

My prayers are with you, Vana. While no one can know your personal pain, know that there are those who have felt it. There is strength and love left within you.

God bless.

 

[Dragonteeth]

Pain is fleeting...

Love lasts for ever...

I don't know Vana or Sam, but their loss today has so affected the whole lit comunity I had to drop by to leave my condolences to everyone involved.

 

[Guest]

Pain is fleeting...

Love lasts for ever...

I don't know Vana or Sam, but their loss today has so affected the whole lit comunity I had to drop by to leave my condolences to everyone involved.

 

[Guest]

not ready ta let this go yet

sorry

 

[deathlynx]

not ready ta let this go yet

sorry

None of us will let this stray from our memories...We, I, am sorry to hear of your of your loss...there is nothing more tragic than the loss of one so precious, so young, with so much potential for the future...Potential for love, potential for hope, potential for imagination...

But all of those things reside within us too...So we live on, and we live to make up for the loss...We be the love the world has lost...We be the hope...We be the imagination...

Love and thoughts to all of you who have lost in this manner...

 

[Noor]

not ready ta let this go yet

sorry

 

[ABSTRUSE]

I miss you both.

I miss hearing your smile.

 

[Alessia Brio]

I miss you both.

I miss hearing your smile.

{{{{HUGS}}}}

 

[Dontgiveup]

I feel your hurt.

Come back to us, Vana We need your light.

 

[Black Tulip]

Perhaps now, you need our love and support even more.

Thinking of you and sending you strength to bear such grief.

 

[Skip1934a]

Perhaps now, you need our love and support even more.

Thinking of you and sending you strength to bear such grief.

Well said. May I join you, adding my love and support with your's to those closest to the grief.

 

[AppleBiter]

I miss you both.

I miss hearing your smile.

*Hugs*

 

[LadyCibelle]

Hugs

 

[Skip1934a]

I truly appreciate the sentiments expressed in this thread. It reminds me that we all need one another at times, and we all respond when it is needed.

From a family crisis as this one represents to a national, no, international crisis like 9/11, we come together as one. I love you all.

Good afternoon, LadyC

 

[Nosferatuness]

Oh god no. I'm so sorry to hear of your loss.