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Community, please meet Kristine and Sweet Cora. Cora was born on Monday, November 29, 2009 in Fort Wayne, IN and passed away on December 6, 2009. The story of her life and death from her mother's words:
Cora died instantly on my chest while breastfeeding. One hundred percent healthy pregnancy, labor, and delivery. She scored 9s on both Apgar test. We jumped in the car and drove 70 through Decatur to the hospital as soon as I looked down and saw her bloodied face covering my breast. Getting her there within moments of her stopping breathing. She had a heart condition impossible to detect in utero or at birth without special testing.
Cora was meant to teach us something I'm sure of it. She changed my life. Ben and I quit smoking, struggled to prepare financially, took parenting classes, and after she was born watched her in shifts. She was never alone even when sleeping. We were all meant to learn something from her.
Compassion, patience, love.
The service to remember Cora is being held Thursday, December 10, 2009. Cora's family has asked that we join them in wearing PINK to honor Cora's life.
Please link up your posts complete with pictures of you and/or your family wearing Pink. It will mean so much to the family. (Please link directly to your post, not to the main page of your blog. If you need help with this, please email me at nataliejcline at yahoo dot com or leave a message here).
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Oh my goodness. My heart is breaking for them. They are in my prayers.
Oh God... I have a lump in my throat.
I am so sorry for them :( my heart is braking! I had a miscarriage on Monday December 7th '09 and it left me hurting and unable to do anything. But I can't even begin to imagine what they are going trough right now ((HUGS))
Praying for Cora's family. What a miracle sweet Cora was and oh the lessons she has taught us. Praise the Lord for allowing Cora to come into our lives if only for a little.
This is the first I've heard Cora's story. It breaks my heart. Cora and her family are in my prayers.
So many prayers for Cora's family. My heart breaks for them, but even more so I want to strive to be better for them.
Thier daughter was here for a reason. We all have so much to learn from her..
When I found out about Cora's story today, I cried at work. God bless angel Cora and her family.
- Lori @ I Can Grow People
i started following kristine on twitter. her story left me teary eyed and speechless. my little sister passed away at home of SIDS when i was 2. my mom had just picked her up to feed her after feeding my little brother (the 2 were twins). i can't even imagine how hard that must have been for my mother and for kristine. i will keep her and her family in my prayers!
Kristine,
I am so incredibly sorry about the loss of your daughter. Words cannot express how truly sorry I am.
My daughter was also born with a heart problem that was not detected in utero.
My heart is breaking for baby Cora and the loving family she left behind.
This post has me at tears... what beautiful words from a mother even through her grief. I cannot imagine what that family is going through. I am so sorry that I didn't see this post earlier and didn't get a chance to wear pink today. Baby Cora and her brave parents are in my prayers.
~Elizabeth
I don't have a picture, but am wearing pink for Cora today. I am so saddened by this. I live very close to this mom and wish I were even closer so that I could offer a hug and shoulder. I pray that they feel the wave of love and comfort coming to them from around the world. Cora was a gift, as all our children are, and I know her family will keep her memory alive.
Crystal
I plucked my almost 12 month old baby Eve from her crib as soon as I saw this. We donned the pink and snapped a pic. Our daughter's defect was very luckily caught just before discharge from the hospital. She too, lovely, healthy, high APGAR. She would have never made her one week well-visit. She was in heart failure at 5 days old. Cora, you could so easily have been someone else's baby. God, be with you and your parents as they find peace. If there is anything I can do...don't hesitate. If it offers any consolation, I meet tomorrow with a very committed team of doctors, hospital administrators and policy leaders to do one thing: make sure not ONE more baby goes home from the hospital undiagnosed - in the US. Every newborn will be screened. We are well on the way - it will happen. I'm just so sorry it hasn't happened yet. Blessings, Annamarie
What an incrediy sad story and I feel so empty after reading about poor little Cora. Mama, she was a beautiful and special baby girl to have chosen you two to be her parents. God bless you and console your aching hearts and I wish for you the sleep and rest you need.
So sorry! Such sorrow I could not understand; all the pain. Prayer said for the baby and family.
Alyzabeth's Mommy for 14 Months
So sad. Prayers and thoughts are with the family. There is another angel among us.
Thanks for the support everyone. My heart also weeps right not for the people who also lost babies too young. Help me continue to spread Cora's story. And, thanks to Natalie for posting Cora's story.
Love,
Kristine
Annamarie,
Would love to reach you about the efforts your making but couldn't get any contact info. Could you email me at kbrite at gmail dot com?
My heart breaks for them. My daughter also has heart defects that luckily were detected at 1 day old...she to was seemingly healthy and got an 8 and 9 on the Apgars, she was already in heart failure whe her defects were found and needed surgery the next day. My thoughts and prayers are with Cora's family.
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