[Faith-talk] The story about baby Lincoln

[Ericka]

Thank you so much for sharing! Does your friends family have relatives in Wisconsin? My DVR counselor his last name. Her name is Marissa.

Ericka Short
"What is right is not always popular; what is popular is not always right."

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> On Feb 28, 2016, at 12:55 AM, Poppa Bear via Faith-talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Below is part of Baby Lincolns story, too bad it leaves out so much, me and
> the dad are friends. A few things I will ad to the story, over the last 7
> months the mother has only been able to hold Lincoln 2 times, they have
> spent months in a hospital away from their children here in Alaska to be in
> Seattle, they have suffered financially, if you YouTube or Google Lincoln
> warrior you will find all kinds of cool things about his journey. Start of
> article A baby boy in Alaska was saved by a heart transplant just moments
> after he went into cardiac arrest in one of the most amazing and miraculous
> incidents the medical community has seen for a while.
> 
> Lincoln Seay was just seven months old at the time. He had a rare birth
> defect that caused his organs to be located on the opposite side of the
> body, according to a Fox 29 report.
> 
> Mindy Seay, the mother of Lincoln who was born on July 14 last year, said
> that doctors believed he would possibly not even survive the birth, and the
> parents were absolutely ecstatic when he looked well upon entering the
> world, according to the report.
> 
> But things took a turn for the worst after Lincoln was born. He had to
> undergo multiple surgeries, and many wondered if he had any chance of
> surviving. His heart was starting to go, and people began to lose hope. So
> they figured it was worth take one last chance: they flew him to Seattle
> Children's Hospital to get a heart transplant - a long shot.
> 
> Lincoln's father Rob Seamy said they prayed for a miracle, and - lo and
> behold - that's exactly what they got. As he was going into surgery, he went
> into cardiac arrest, but he got the heart transplant he needed and has
> survived an ordeal that most people don't go through until they reach the
> later stages of their lives.
> 
> It was a dramatic tale of last minute medical heroics. He went into cardiac
> arrest and, since the doctors knew the heart was on its way, they opened his
> chest and the surgeon compressed his heart while they waited for the new
> heart to arrive. It had been five months since Lincoln was first placed on
> the list for a new heart, and it arrived in the nick of time.
> 
> It's a tale that the Seays hope will encourage other people to place
> themselves on the organ donor list, knowing how it changed their own lives
> for the better.
> 
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