Our dear friend and long time Hellobee member, Sandy, has been struggling with recent news she received during her second pregnancy. Her baby, Ava, is at the end stages of kidney failure without even meeting her mom, dad and big sister. Her chest appears to be small which could mean her lungs are under developed. Sandy will be delivering via c-section at the beginning of next month and her little baby will be transferred to another hospital where she'll need peritoneal dialysis immediately. The cause for the kidney failure is most likely ARPKD (autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease - which has some scary high rates for mortality after birth: http://www.pkdcure.org/learn/arpkd)

Sandy is SUCH a kind person. She's offered so much to this community whether it was her advice, kind words, support, or even for me, she offered and delivered meals to my door when my family and I were sick.

Please offer your positive thoughts and prayers for her right now. In addition, I've set up a GoFundMe account to help her and her family through this difficult time as they are faced with medical bills. Her baby will be in a great hospital that specializes with high risk children which is also greatly expensive. Here's the link:

http://www.gofundme.com/SandyandAva

Also, just wanted to share the poem that's helping her cope:

If before you were born, I could have gone to heaven and saw all the beautiful souls, I still would have chosen you

If God had told me, "This soul would one day need extra care and needs", I still would have chosen you

If He had told me, "This soul may make your heart bleed", I still would have chosen you

If He had told me, "This soul would make you question the depth of your faith", I still would have chosen you

If He had told me, "This soul would make tears flow from your eyes that could fill a river", I still would have chosen you

If He had told me, "This soul may one day make you witness overbearing suffering", I still would have chosen you

If He had told me, "All that you know to be normal would drastically change", I still would have chosen you

Of course, even though I would have chosen you, I know it was God who chose me for you.