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Amber Thiessen
May 8, 2023
Then and Now - How God Gives Us Something From Nothing
The journey began with nothing. Not that we knew it. Her little life hanging in the balance, the ventilator humming in the background. "A...
Amber Thiessen
Apr 4, 2021
Remembering Transplant Day
It’s 'Transplant Day Anniversary' in our home today. The memories still cause my heart to thud loudly in my ears. Walking my 5 year old...
Amber Thiessen
Mar 7, 2021
How To Pray for Immunocompromised Children (And Their Families)
Sometimes, we don’t know how to help. We want to. Our hearts break. Hands and feet itching to provide relief. Especially when they are...
Amber Thiessen
Sep 28, 2020
The Diagnosis (Part 10)
(If you want to catch up on the previous posts in the Memoir of SCIDS, click here) We finally moved out of our ICU home after three...
Amber Thiessen
Apr 16, 2020
A Time to Adjust (Memoir of SCIDS Part 9)
(*To catch up on the previous posts in, 'A Memoir of SCIDS' series, click here) We can hold her now. Our plump, sweet little girl,...
Amber Thiessen
Aug 7, 2019
The Sweetness In My Arms (Part 8)
(To catch up on the previous posts in my 'Memoir of SCIDS' series, click here.) Remembering all the answers to prayer this week makes me...
Amber Thiessen
Jun 5, 2019
4 Benefits Of Newborn Screening For SCIDS
Did you read the announcement last week that Manitoba is going to be introducing newborn screening for SCIDs next year?! That's some...
Amber Thiessen
May 15, 2019
In The Waiting (Part 7)
To catch up on the previous posts of our SCIDS journey click here. Life in the PICU has a routine, an organized flow of activity; nursing...
Amber Thiessen
Feb 21, 2019
How We Live In The Now and Not Yet (A Memoir of SCIDS Part 6)
To catch up on the previous posts about our SCIDS journey click here. It’s that moment after something big & amazing has happened...but...
Amber Thiessen
Jan 27, 2019
Our Hands Were Held Up (Part 5)
To catch up on the previous posts about our SCIDS journey click here. “There is nothing else we can do” The words reverberating in my...
Amber Thiessen
Jan 9, 2019
Surrender (A Memoir of SCIDS Part 4)
We made it through the night...barely. Her oxygen levels are not holding, the pressure settings on the ventilator are at the maximum....
Amber Thiessen
Oct 22, 2018
Fear (A Memoir of SCIDS Part 3)
Throughout the night, her condition continues to escalate. The oxygen in her blood isn't enough, it is drifting lower and lower,...
Amber Thiessen
Sep 5, 2018
This is Real (A Memoir of SCIDS Part 2)
When I say we settled in, it means we dropped our stuff in a corner and crashed into the closest available chair. At 3am now, we are...
Amber Thiessen
Sep 5, 2018
The Day it All Began (A Memoir of SCIDS Part 1)
"Don't look at the monitor Amber! You should not be looking at it!" my friend tells me, as I sit with my baby in the trauma room of the...
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