Worst nightmare comes true

[FrankL514]

The prayers of my family are with you. Stay strong.

 

[Ab Hoving]

I cannot help you with prayers Herman, but my thoughts are with you and your family. Children are remarkably self-repairing.
Ab

 

[zoly99sask]

My Prayers are with you!

 

[Herman]

Maia had to undergo surgery today to insert the necessary tubes for blood dialysis. Now it's time to recover while dialysis begins.

So besides the Christmas celebration we can also celebrate she came through well. We can visit her later today again.

I have the deepest respect for how the medical staff performs and for what they must endure on a daily basis. Several children did not make it the last days and one of the nurses broke and came to cry for a while with my daughter who is in isolation for a few days.

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy Healthy 2026.

 

[Pathfinder65]

So besides the Christmas celebration we can also celebrate she came through well. We can visit her later today again.

Wonderful news, very glad to hear it.

Best wishes for the Holidays from my family to yours.

Jan

 

[Peter Voogt]

Maia had to undergo surgery today to insert the necessary tubes for blood dialysis. Now it's time to recover while dialysis begins.

So besides the Christmas celebration we can also celebrate she came through well. We can visit her later today again.

I have the deepest respect for how the medical staff performs and for what they must endure on a daily basis. Several children did not make it the last days and one of the nurses broke and came to cry for a while with my daughter who is in isolation for a few days.

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy Healthy 2026.

My thoughts are with the little Maia, you and your beloveds, Herman.
And I just saw below this thread that (for now) 480 members where reading your posts. For sure they are all ‘live with Maia’!
Regards, Peter

 

[Ted Robinson]

My thoughts are with the little Maia, you and your beloveds, Herman.
And I just saw below this thread that (for now) 480 members where reading your posts. For sure they are all ‘live with Maia’!
Regards, Peter

I could not have said it better

 

[Adiefenbach]

Just saw this thread…God bless you, Maia, your entire family, and the angels that are caring for her so well. God can be mysterious sometimes but I truly believe he does special things for our little ones. You all are front and center in our prayers. Stay strong.

 

[Peter Gutterman]

Decades ago, my mom was the director of the " Grey Ladies Volunteer Service group for hospitals in the Washington DC area one of which was the National Institutes of Health. One of their duties was daily bringing cheer to the children undergoing experimental treatments for cancer. In the training she had to inform the volunteers that they would become very attached to the children, many of whom they would lose to their illnesses. Mom had to sort out the perspective volunteers who would not be able to endure the tragic circumstances. So, my utmost and sincere appreciation for the above-mentioned nurse, and all those that serve the children and their families under these especially trying circumstances. And, of course to you and your family as well, as you endure your personal exceptionally trying and demanding time.
All my hopes and prayers are with you, added to my growing list.

Love and affection to you and your family, Pete

 

[Roger Pellett]

It sounds like little Maia is getting the best possible care.

My mother in law was a very long term volunteer 1960’s-1990’s at Sibley Hospital in Washington DC.

Roger

 

[Herman]

Thank you guys.
Maia is getting great care. Now she is on blood dialysis they can also slowly extract moisture so she is starting to look like "old" Maia again and we regularly see a smile on her face again.