RIP Naya

Naya just passed away a few days ago, November 14, 2013.  She was around 5 years old, I believe.  She lived in Saudi Arabia.  She had been sick and was hospitalized for a long time.  Her father mentioned that she was recently released to go home.  So we all assumed that was good news.  However he went pretty silent for a couple weeks and now he just announced her passing.  I'm so sad to hear about the fall of another I-Cell child.  I know that this is a battle in which we will all lose in the end, but each passing is so difficult.

رحم الله روحك

Niko just started her first round of Synagis shots (for RSV) for this scary cold season.  But that does little to quell my fears.  There are so many sick kids all around us.  Each cough, each sneeze, each little hand that reaches for Niko sends chills down my spine.