Trinity.Melinda.Adams: January 2010

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In honor of our precious daughter, since her passing, we do the "Angel Trinity Christmas" every December. Whether it's money donations or toy donations, we give 100% of the donations made to the precious children in the hospital. We will continue this tradition in hopes that Trinity's spirit of giving will touch sick kids and people in the community every year.

To participate in the "Angel Trinity Christmas", please email us at adamsfamily97@yahoo.com and we will add you to the updates. Thank you for keeping Trinity alive and remembered in your heart, especially when it comes to participating in this special tradition.

Love always,
Barrett and Melinda Adams
Proud parents to Angel Trinity

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Fundraising Garage Sale

We have the goal to raise $6000 for the Children's Recovery Center, and currently we are at $2800...ALMOST HALFWAY THERE!!! I am now planning to do a Giant Garage Sale in March, having 100% of the money earned, donated to this fundraiser. I have already gone through my home and "Deep Cleaned" getting rid of the stuff I no longer need or use. If you want to be apart of this giant garage sale, go through your home, clean out your unwanted goods then donate it to me and whatever money I make off your stuff, I will donate to the Children's Recovery Center for the Snoezlen Room Project they are doing.

Regular Donations can still be made to the Chase Savings account we have set up for the Angel Trinity Christmas.

1. Direct Depost to Chase Account # 098-670612-8
2. Check or Money order made to "Angel Trinity Christmas" and sent to our home address: The Adams Family, 242 Charles Avenue, Manteca, CA 95336
3. Pay Pal account under "BARRETT ADAMS" (I have it set up, just not totally sure how to use it...so anyone who knows Paypal well, maybe you can help me out?)

For those of you who've helped us so far to get to $2800, THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! We could not do this special fundraiser honoring our beautiful Angel Trinity in Heaven, with out all your support. Information on the Snoezlen Room project is below, so scroll down and watch the video on it. The Snoezlen Room is such an amazing room to help chronically ill children develop and learn how to communicate...something they can not do without major therapy. Pass on the word! We wont stop fundraising until we make it to our goal of $6000. Go through your homes, get rid of your unwanted goods and donate them to our Giant Garage Sale in March.

Trinity's Story

Trinity was born at Stanford Children's Hospital (LPCH) with a severe heart defect called Hypo-plastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS). This heart defect is fatal if it is not corrected by a 3-stage surgery process or a heart transplant. We chose the 3-stage surgery in hope for Trinity to survive.

At 36 hours old, Trinity was wheeled into the O.R. for her 1st open heart surgery. Right before surgery, we found out from Trinity's surgeon, Dr. Frank Hanley, that Trinity's small birth size changed her previously better odds of 80% chance, to a 20% chance of survival.

At 1 week old, Trinity went into Cardiac arrest. Dr. Pirooz and Dr. Pettigrew massaged her heart for close to 4 hours before she was put on the ECMO bypass machine (which lived for her for 5 days).

After 3 open heart surgeries, 3 cardiac arrests, numerous infections, numerous lung collapse episodes, 8 bronchoscopey's, 3 cardiac cathiderizations, 72 hour kidney failure, 3 failed attempts of getting her off the ventilator, tracheostomey surgery, gastric tube surgery, and 7 long emotional months of hard dedicated work from the staff in the hospital, Trinity was discharged on Sept. 9, 2002 and brought home for the first time in her short life. After being home for about 4 months, Dec. 31, 2002 Trinity went back into the PICU for 2 months fighting phenomnia. She was transfered to Children's Recovery Center (CRC) on March 4, 2003.

Sept. 9 2003, being 19 months old Trinity's lungs were strong enough to come off the ventilator. After having a trach for 22 months, May 6, 2004 Trinity's trach was taken out. After 14 months of living at CRC, Trinity was dischraged and brought home on Friday, May 14, 2004...exactly 27 month and 1 day old, and the "Healthiest" she's ever been.

As of June 2002, Trinity was the smallest surviving HLHS child that Dr. Hanley had ever done. In fact, he did not know of a smaller surviving HLHS child in the world. Trinity spent 3 1/2 years at home with us and just thrived. Her little life was filled with so much happiness and love.

At 5 1/2 years old, Trinity went through her 4th open heart surgery on Thursday August 30, 2007 at LPCH. Being unable to recover from open heart surgery, our precious Trinity Melinda Adams passed away on Sunday Sept. 16, 2007. Our hearts are broken and tears continue to fall. We are honored and saddened to have our precious daughter, Trinity Melinda Adams, be our beautiful guardian angel. Trinity we love you dearly, we miss you so much, and we will be re-united as we are a family Together Forever!