Baby Charles

We belong to a heart group, called intermountain healing hearts. We are part of the main heart group, and the angel group. This group is amazing, and truly helps parents that have children born with heart defects. We share our experiences with the main heart group (I never really go into a lot of detail about Ryker's passing, just some of the hurdles he had to jump over while alive). In the angel group, we mourn with those that mourn, and just give each other support. I call these kids of the groups "Ryker's Buddies". He was with some of them during his short seven weeks at Primary's, and others we only know because of the group. Well, one of Ryker's "buddies", Charlie, passed away this week, very unexpectedly. From what I have been told, he was admitted to PCMC with feeding issues, and they found he was Congestive Heart Failure, and passed away quickly after going to the infant floor. He was born just a couple of weeks before Ryker, on the 4th of October. I remember seeing his little name on one of the cards over the infant beds. He had his first and second surgeries, and has spent most of his time at home (thankfully). He would have been 9 months this coming Friday. This breaks my heart. The heartache we feel for them is painful and brings back a whole range of emotions from losing Ryker. I wish that no one had to lose their precious angels, but I understand too how precious these angels are to our Heavenly Father. Please pray for Seth, Shannon, and their little girl Aubrey, Hossfield, it truly is what buoys someone to get through this and be able to get through the days. His funeral is Tuesday, but we will not be there because we are going out of town tomorrow. So please remember to pray for them. His blog is listed on the side under heart babies.