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!

1/13/2012

Gratitude!

"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love". I Corinthians 13:13

Today our beloved daughter is two years of life! It's a great gift to have her with us at home doing well.

She had a stomach upset in the beggining of week and spent a few difficult moments, but she was treated by a medical gastrointestinal and improved. Yesterday we finally had the great joy of returning home with her!

She's great and beautiful and still is a precious miracle in our lives. She slept well and woke up very peaceful. We sang and played early in the morning and she presented us with beautiful smiles while daddy sang happy birthday and moved her little arms.

Grandma Alice is also spending this special day with us.

Saying "thank you, Lord" is so little to translate what we feel. All we want is to make her feel happy and loved always.

May God bless you always, our beloved Vitoria. We love you.

7 comments:

Anonymous1/13/2012 12:18 PM
I am SO happy to see your blessed baby is well. I pray for god's blessing for you every day. You offer so much hope to mothers and fathers everywhere. You guys are taking such excellent care of this miracle god has given to you. Bless you and bless little Vitoria!
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chris1/13/2012 12:48 PM
Happy Birthday little blessed Vitoria!!!
I am very happy to see today is your birthday and you are well!
Today 6 years ago my dad died, but today we spend the day in the hospital to celebrate a little boys
(he has DS like my son)second Birthday ;-). Knowing today it is also Vitorias second Birthday makes me very happy and thankful to the one who gives us this life and also eternal life!
Be blessed always!
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Kara1/13/2012 1:32 PM
Happy Happy Happy Happy Happy 2nd Birthday to Vitoria!!!! So glad you are home and doing well and that you are TWO!!! So amazing!! What a BEAUTIFUL BLESSING you are!
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nynnetilde1/14/2012 10:06 AM
Happy Birthday little Vitoria ;)
So glad you are home and doing well ,bless you
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IK1/14/2012 12:41 PM
Dear Victoria,
The link between you and my precious little Valentina will always keep you close to my heart!
I Thank your parents for everything they do for you and I send you a sweet little kiss from Germany,
All my Love and Happy Birthday!
Iko
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Vixkin1/15/2012 6:52 PM
Happy Birthday to a sweet girl !
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JÔ1/18/2012 1:24 PM
OLA PAPAIS !! PARABENS VITORIA LINDAAAA !! FELIZ ANIVERSARIO !! Q PAPAI DO CEU CUIDE SEMPRE DE VC LINDINHA !!! E PARABENS A VCS PAPAIS PELA DEDICACAO E AMOR POR ESTE ANJINHO !! NEM TODOS OS PAIS TEM A MESMA DEDICACAO DE VCS .. BJUSS
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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.