This is about my little grandson Steven Tyler Gartman who was born with CDH on March 4, 1999 and passed away on March 9,1999. Little Tyler gave his best fight but lost because he just wasn't strong enough to live until he could have the surgery that could possibly save his tiny life. |
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This is me Tyler's nana, holding him for the first time. Oh he was so precious and I couldn't get enough of him. Tyler passed away about 3 1/2 hours after this picture was taken and with him he took a part of my heart. He's a perfect angel now, safe, warm and healthy in GOD'S arms. |
We were so excited over the birth of a new baby in the family when we found out Tyler was on the way. He was to be my tenth grandchild. Then in my daughter-in-law Charlene's 5th month of pregnancy we found out the baby was going to be born with CDH, a condition called (CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA) where his internal organs were up in his chest due to a hole in his diaphram. If all his organs weren't up there Tyler would have a better chance of survival but, we wouldn't know until he was born. So even though we waited for his birth with lots of hope and prayers and there were many prayers believe me, we also just wanted him to stay inside his mommy's tummy because we knew he would be safe as long as he was there. Sadly to say the day came when little Tyler was born and our biggest fears were true, all his internal organs were up in his chest, moving his tiny heart over to the right side of his chest and prevented his little lungs from growing. Tyler could not live without life support. The poor little angel fought for 4 1/2 days with all he had but never got strong enough for the possible life saving surgery he needed. My son Jody had decided to unplug the life support from baby Tyler on the morning of Tyler's death but, just before they unplugged it GOD took it out of Jody's hands and little Tyler passed away. I was so happy about this because I didn't want Jody to ever have to look back and wonder if he had done the wrong thing by letting the baby go and now he never would. Jody and Char have went through something no parent ever wants to go through and they are still struggling to get past the pain. They know in their hearts they will never get past the pain but will have to learn to live with it somehow. As for me, I've had a rough time dealing with losing the baby to and just having to watch my child go through this terrible thing is one of the hardest things I've ever had to do and with GOD'S help i will never have to do it again. We know our little Tyler is safe from harm and pain now and happy in GOD'S arms and we will see him in heaven one day soon. |
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This is Tyler on the day he died. He truly looked like a little angel. GOD how we loved and wanted this little boy. He was so beautiful. |
This is my son Jody holding baby Tyler just before he passed away. Oh how he loved and wanted him. This is a moment he will cherish for the rest of his life I know. |
Tyler's Mommy & Daddy who miss him very much. |
This award was given to me by Unknown Angel's. You can visit her beautiful page's by clicking on the above award. |
