February 2, 2012

Today, we sent a prepaid VISA gift card to a family that we originally met through R Angel because of their sweet little boy, Ridge. Well, Ridge & his family have had a long road, but recently Ridge's mom went into surgery to donate one of her kidneys to Ridge. What an awesome mommy she is! We are happy to say they are both doing very well, but Ridge still has a long road to recovery, so we wanted to send them another R Angel to help with this hospital stay. Please pray for Ridge's recovery & for his mom's recovery as well!

We also sent a prepaid VISA to a family of a new little baby, Cullen. He was transferred to the Toledo Hospital NICU at birth because of what they thought was a traumatic reaction to the birth. That's the last I've heard, but please pray for him as he gets better & hopefully strong enough to come home with his family! We hope this gift card will help his parents as they spend these difficult days in the hospital. They live about an hour away from the hospital so we know how expensive gas can get as well. Please keep baby Cullen in your thoughts and prayers!

January 27, 2012

Today, we sent a prepaid VISA to a family of a little baby, Hartlee, who is at Mott Children's Hospital. Please pray for this little baby & the family!

January 20, 2012

Today, we sent a prepaid VISA to a family of a little boy, Elias, who has to have open heart surgery at only 3 weeks old. Please pray for his entire family as they go through this very difficult time! We hope this gift card will help them pay for some expenses as they spend this time in the hospital.

January 3, 2012

Our first 2 R Angels of the year! Yesterday, we had some help from the St. John's student again. We took 2 baskets of food & goodies to the PICU at The Toledo Hospital. Our dear friends in the PICU picked out 2 families that could use the baskets & delivered them. Last night, we received an email from one of the families thanking us for the basket. This mom is from a few hours away & has 4 children at home. Her baby girl is only 3 months old and in the hospital so the mom is having a very hard time. The basket seemed to be something that she really needed so we are happy to have found such a deserving family! Please pray for her little baby, Holly Grace, and for a speedy recovery! Please also pray for the other child who we gave a basket too. We don't know many details - just that this child will be in the hospital for a while.

Today, we sent a prepaid VISA to a family that had their baby boy, Gideon, 11 weeks early. They are up in Michigan away from their home so we sent them a VISA to help pay for some of their expenses. The dad actually lived across the street from my family when I was little so we are so happy to help them out in a small way during this difficult time. Please pray for sweet baby Gideon to get big enough & strong enough to come home soon :)

December 17, 2011

Today, we sent a prepaid VISA gift card to the parents of baby Addison, who is in the NICU after being born at 3.9 lbs. We know how hard it is to be in the hospital day in and day out with your baby, so we hope this small gift will help in some way. Please keep baby Addison and her family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time, especially since the holidays are coming up.

Thank you again to everyone who has made donations and for those who continue to pray for R Angel. We are in the process of some exciting advances with R Angel and can't wait to get everything squared away!

December 8, 2011

Today, we sent out 3 prepaid VISA cards to help some families who have sick children in the hospital. One went to a family whose baby boy has just been diagnosed with an extremely rare form of cancer. He has begun treatment, but has a long road ahead of him.

Another one went to a family who had twins & one of the twins has heart issues and has been hospitalized. They live quite far away from the hospital & also have another child at home. We hope this gift card will help with some of the travel expenses we know they will incur.

The third gift card went to a family whose baby boy, Brody, was born with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome and has already had 2 surgeries. He is up in Ann Arbor in the hospital and will have to have a 3rd surgery eventually.

Please keep all of these babies and their families in your thoughts & prayers, especially over the holidays!

December 2, 2011

We were recently contacted by a student from St. John's school because he had to do a service project & wanted to volunteer for R Angel. So, we took him with us to buy food and goodies for a basket & tons of bathroom supplies to replenish the shower room at The Toledo Hospital. We went to the hospital and were able to speak with some of Remi's nurses and one of them, our dear friend Cassie :), showed us to a family in need at the hospital. The baby boy has neuroblastoma & we were able to meet his family and deliver a basket of food and goodies to them. It was an amazing experience to surprise them & we are so thankful they allowed us to come into their room & meet their sweet little boy. Please keep this baby and his family in your prayers, especially during this holiday season!

We also delivered 13 baskets of bathroom supplies to the nurses in the PICU to hand out to families who may need them during their stay at the hospital with their child. Thank you to Malcolm for helping us make some R Angel deliveries today & thank you to all the nurses at The Toledo Hospital PICU for continuing to support R Angel & helping us help families!