Trinity.Melinda.Adams: February 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, February 13, 2010

Happy 8th Birthday Trinity!!!

We went to Gilroy to visit our precious baby girl on her 8th birthday

Covered with balloons...

Surrounded by flowers...

New toys....

A homeade "Trinity" book...

Friends visited Trinity...

Trinity's grandparents came to see her...

Trinity's, Uncle Dean stopped by...

We ate lunch together...

Gifts were sent in the mail for Trin's grave...

HAPPY 8TH BIRTHDAY & 3RD HEAVEN BIRTHDAY TRINITY MELINDA ADAMS!!!!

WE LOVE YOU FOREVER AND MISS YOU EVERY DAY PRECIOUS BABY GIRL!!!!

Friday, February 12, 2010

Charity Garage Sale

Currently we are at $3000, and our goal is to fundraise $6000. To help fundraise the money we need for the Snoezlen Room at the Children's Recovery Center, I'm collecting your unwanted goods. I'm putting together a Charity Garage Sale in March and 100% of the money I make at this garage sale will go to the Children's Recovery Center. Here are a few pics of the items I've collected so far.

For those of you who've donated already, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! For those of you who still haven't donated yet, if you get a chance to go through your home and do some "De-Junking"/Spring Cleaning, give me your unwanted goods.

I'll be doing this Charity Garage Sale the 2nd weekend of March (as long as the weather will be good), so I'll be collecting your stuff up til then. For those of you who live close to Gilroy and have unwanted goods you wanted to donate, please contact my mother, Anne Holdaway (isaslimannie@gmail.com), she will be able to collect your stuff and haul it up to my house in Manteca. For those of you who live closer to the Manteca area, I have a van, and I'm always willing to come and pick up your stuff. Leave comments here on the blog or email me directly at adamsfamily97@yahoo.com

Spread the word! This Charity Garage Sale will be a 3-day event (as long as I have enough goods to sell).

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!