Author Archives: Braeden Dempster

During our community’s fire evacuation… Our little girl has made incredible progress. Tomorrow she gets to be off her CPAP all day. This girl is incredibly strong. In the last month, a lot has happened. Between being in the PICU for 2 days shy of a month, to having a house fire and now thatContinue reading “May 10, 2023”

Hey everyone. As many know, we have been in the Stollery since Easter Sunday with our little girl. She was admitted into the ICU for breathing problems. She was put on a ventilator as there were no other options do to her nose and skull as they were unable to place any mask on herContinue reading “April 12, 2023”

We got results from testing over the last few days! Amadea has continued to shock the medical world again and again and this is no exception. Her initial diagnosis of anencephaly has been tossed. Her MRI shows that absolutely nothing lines up with that. She has a complete brain (formed slightly differently), but all theContinue reading “December 31, 2022”

Little update on our girl. We are taking her back to the Stollery. She was awake for a whopping 38 hours straight despite all our efforts. She has an MRI on Friday and more testing will be done tomorrow as well. I wouldn’t normally ever post anything like this as I honestly don’t like myContinue reading “December 28, 2022”

Oh Amadea, how you have changed the lives of so many. You came into our lives 2 months ago. We have been through so much in such a short time with you, but you are worth it all and then some. You have shown every single person in the medical field that a textbook isn’tContinue reading “December 12, 2022”

Amadea Oriella Dempster. Born October 13 at 3:21am. Amadea -God’s beloved. Oriella -full of life. We firmly believe in the meaning of your name. We are so beyond blessed to be able to call you our daughter. You are in God’s hands. We place all our trust in him. Thank you everyone for your love,Continue reading “Amadea’s Birth Announcement”