Our Beloved Vitoria de Cristo

We created this blog to tell the world about our beloved daughter Vitoria, who with acrania and anencephaly, lived with us for wonderful 9 months of pregnancy and exciting 2 ½ years of life outside the womb. May everyone know about her sweetness and tenderness. About her life, humanity and dignity. All the precious lessons learned with this little angel that God has sent us. It was a joy to have her with us. Vitoria still lives in our hearts and it will always be an honor to be her parents!

1/13/2013

Heavenly Birthday - 3 years of Vitória!

All amazing things we received and learned from her life can not be compared to the little we had the privilege to offer her: our love of father and mother, a family, a name and a memory.

A memory that we'll always respect and honor in gratitude, for the great treasures we received from her precious life!

7 comments:

roanwight6/03/2013 11:42 AM
Thank you so much for your blog. I found it accidentally, but I've since fallen in love with your beautiful daughter. It makes me smile and cry to read about her life and to watch all the wonderful videos. I hope you are all doing well.
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roanwight6/06/2013 10:26 AM
I only recently discovered your blog, but I find myself visiting it regularly. I love your daughter and am sorry she is no longer here. Thank you for sharing your lives.
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Unknown6/15/2013 6:07 PM
Thank you so much for your blog. I found it accidentally also ,I love you guys and your beautiful daughter
What a story of faith and power in Christ
God bless you and thank you for sharing Vitoria with us
God only picks amazing awesome parents to raise this angels for him.
Lillian
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Unknown7/13/2013 7:38 PM
Thankyou so much for your beautiful testimony of your precious daughter Vitoria de Cristo! what a wonderful meaning! I write this with tears running my face; as I was searching for answers of what a anencephalic baby was, &wanted to see survivals after receiving an email from Amnesty international about a 22yr old lady from Elsalvador who was seriously ill & she needed an emergency C-section to save her & the baby's life from which she is recovering & sadly the baby died shortly after birth.
What a wonderful record of the miraculous healing & faith in God Praise the Lord miracles still happen! & his everlasting love & mercy & grace.
My prayers & thoughts are with you both as you approach the anniversary of the passing of your darling princess. May you find comfort through the Holy Spirit from the Everlasting Father.
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Unknown1/08/2014 9:24 AM
Thank you for sharing! Our God is an awesome God! What a wonderful gift from God, your Victoria!!! May your testimony be witness of our Lords undeniable everlasting love.. Let us never take one moment for granted for tomorrow is never guaranted. Prayers, blessings, & grace be multiplied unto you in the mighty name of Jesus!!!
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Tyi 331/09/2014 12:27 AM
What a Gorgeous Little Lady!!! As her parents you're were handpicked; the chosen ones to raise this Miracle of Life!!! I admire you and I'm beyond inspired by you're strength, faith & hope. May we all take a life lesson and be grateful for what we have and not what we don't...I will never complain about pettiness again for U see others are dealing with more than myself. May the Good Lord continue to keep blessings raining upon ur family
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Delaney_Walsh1/29/2014 4:43 PM
What a beautiful girl! Thank you for sharing the photos of her precious life here on earth.
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A summary of our story...

Vitoria de Cristo was the most wonderful and precious gift we have received in this life. She was an immensely loved and special child, that brightened and rejoiced our lives during the 916 days she lived from her birth, with 38 weeks of gestational life. 2 and half years of an amazing miracle!

During her pregnancy she was diagnosed with acrania and was considered incompatible with extra uterine life. At birth she was diagnosed with anencephaly, diagnosis that came to be questioned over her growth due to her survival, all her reactions and expressions.

For us, names never made any difference. She has always been our victory and we always knew she was worthy of love simply by existing.

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The beginning of our story

On 12th week of pregnancy, we discovered our first and so wanted baby had a serious problem called acrania. There was no skull over her head, and brain structures would be damaged in contact with amniotic fluid, resulting in anencephaly. We were informed this kind of malformation is incompatible with life, and that our baby would certainly die right after birth. For this reason, we could ask legal permission to terminate pregnancy, according to Brazilian law.

Even though, we decided to believe that God could change this sentence and make the miracle of healing our baby, permitting her to survive after birth. We named her Vitoria de Cristo (Victory of Christ) and decided to love her the same way we have been loved by God: in a personal, individual and unconditional way.

And when she was born, we were surprised by a wonderful miracle, a precious life we have seen growing in front of our eyes, by God´s mercy.