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Great out come, and prayers work. Beautiful little girl.

what a cutie ... prayers to Faith, family and friends.

Prayers for you and this beautiful child.

Keep fighting Little one! 

prayers to all of you.....she is a cutie

Oh how precious. Prayers. 

Adorable. Glad she is holding her own.

I have goosebumps.  Thank-you for sharing this story.  Faith, and her entire family, will be in my prayers.

She is beautiful! You are all in our prayers. 

Faith is a fighter. She must take after the women in the family! Praying for the very best for this precious little angel.                               

Beautiful baby!  A precious gift!  Prayers for her and family.

As told by her mother Brandi...
So many of you have been wondering how Faith is doing. Thank you all for your thoughts prayers and support through this journey. Faith had a rough start since being brought into this world and been through more than most adults. She was born full term via c section due to being breech. Her head was under my ribs and she wouldn’t turn. When she came out she did pretty well Tuesday then on Wednesday she started having episodes of apnea. Her brain wasn’t sending signals to her lungs to breathe. She was put on a cpap then by Thursday she was placed on a ventilator. Friday we were told that she has trisomy 18, Edwards Syndrome which is a rare chromosomal defect. There is no cure, no fix, it just is. These babies have short life spans. They are lucky if they live past the first 6-9days of life. 
By Saturday the ventilator was doing all the breathing for her and Deryk and I had to make a heart breaking decision. That’s not a life living on a vent for the rest of her days. 
But our little girl wasn’t done fighting yet, she was not done living! The vent was discontinued, she opened her eyes and breathed! She was placed on monitors to track her oxygen, heart rate and respiration’s. We waited another week to see how she would do. No more episodes of apnea! We went through a week of education and learning how to care for once she came home. Our hope was restored! She would come home! Our Faith is now 2 weeks old and defying the odds! Our Faith is a true testimony that there is power in prayer! ❤️
I also have to say that the staff at Penn Highlands DuBois NICU and maternity are amazing people! We couldn’t have gotten this far without them! They went above and beyond their call of duty and made whatever accommodations for Faith, us and our family. They have been a God send for us and we are forever grateful to them. 💝

Thank You, Petee for this informative post.
Have taken the gelatine three times since seeing your post and can say without a doubt that it does have a beneficial effect. The lack of what this gelatin provides is due at least in part from an ever changing diet that we have accepted without much thought. Know that you like myself are old enough to remember when most meat was sold with the bones in, not de-boned or chicken that is boneless and skinless. Many of our grand parents would cook the meat and after a beautiful first meal of roast or whatever, the remaining bones with leftover scraps of meat would have been boiled further and the resulting broth used for a soup or stew. And gravy was made more often than not from drippings off the meat, once again containing at least some of what this gelatin has to offer. And miracle of miracles those grand parents born late 1800's into the early 1900's who often worked a lifetime of jobs that where far more burdensome than most of today's jobs with some exceptions of course. In their later years most weren't stacked up like cord wood waiting for the invention of joint replacement surgery. Just the opposite they were still carrying on with the tasks of life in many instances healthier than we seem to be today. 
Minor update to your first post. Wanted to give it a try myself but really didn't want to order any large quantity before seeing if it helped. Happened to be in Martin's and they had some of the Knox unflavored Gelatine in the baking needs aisle. In the section where the jello is go to the top shelf and all the way to the right just before the Pectin for jelly making. One small row of the one ounce box with four paper pouches per box for $2.69. So definitely better to buy online once you decide to use on a regular basis. Picked up a few boxes and was glad to find it locally for now. Did a bunch of research online and while one site extolled the virtues of the more expensive, less commercial "better for you than Knox" brands. It was posed that Knox might be more apt to present a risk from mad cow disease due to the higher volume production and less quality control that could be an issue. Although in later research someone who seemed to have done a great deal of investigation stated that Knox was a product of swine extraction while the other more natural brands were from bovine sources. And while I'm no scientist don't think pigs get mad cow, but I could be wrong.
Again, Thanks Petee for such an informative post. My shoulders and ankles thank you as well!

I was searching for something that would help our senior dog who was almost unable to get onto his feet since September.  I do have a prescription that helps him some, but the next step was euthanasia and that was too hard for us to deal with.
I found that if you feed your animals Knox Gelatin every day, their bones and joints improve.  In just three days he was moving better, so I figured if it works for him, then maybe it will work for me.  I've been taking it in my smoothie for the last week or so, and I swear it is helping, plus it makes me remember to whip a smoothie for breakfast every day.  Lots more than the joints have improved.
When I checked Martins and Walmart today, they didn't have any.  Martins doesn't even sell it anymore.  Walmart will be getting it in sometime.  It's now a big seller because of its health benefits.  I ended up ordering it from Amazon and getting twice as much as I would have locally.  Now I have plenty for both dogs, and I ordered a container of Great Lakes Collagen Hydrolysate for me and hubby.  It's almost the same, but better and it doesn't gel so it's better to use immediately.  It's also a better alternative in that it's more chemical free.  https://hollywoodhomestead.com/knox-gelatin/
At bedtime, I spoon out some of the gelatin, along with an organic carrot for each dog and they gobble it down.  
Although I had almost developed an aversion to fruit, I can now pile a serving or two into myself daily via the Smoothie and it's fabulous.  It fills me up for hours.
Food does help heal more than we think.

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I will miss you too, Schmoopie. You were one of my favorite go Dubois folks!

I think this would be some place I'd like to visit.

We visited the park yesterday. Very nice trails,lots of benches and picnic tables. Very organized. A lot of time, effort and money went into it. We will go back in nicer weather and take a picnic lunch in. About 1 1/2 miles if you walk everything, but many trail loops and you don't have to do all of them. Takes a lot of time if you read all of the carvings. You need to walk up a hill to get out. One thing that was odd was the parking lot was gated off and had to park along road. No signs indicated park was closed and other people were there. We were impressed with the park, worth a visit if you like this sort of activity.

Finally, the money is on their side.

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Ever meet someone for the first time and automatically just like that person?
 
That was Jennifer.
 
I really wish a lot more folks on here could have had a chance to know her.

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I just can't get over her passing away in her sleep so young. She is my age. It goes to show that you really need to live and enjoy your life While you can.

We should do something. .. she is still watching us... just not with us... let's do something to make her proud and show her children how much we loved her... she touch me on here. .. and she touch me once personally. .. and I will never forget that

Would anyone be interested in doing a group donation or fundraiser for her kids?  I believe the obit said that a fund was set up in their name.  I just feel the need to do something to make some kind of good out of this horrible tragedy.