Renesemee : Little Fighter

By Britney BoyerMommy to SebastianHypoplastic Left Heart SyndromeBorn May 2023 When I was in my third trimester of pregnancy, I was on my way to an OB appointment, hit a patch of black ice, spinning four times and hitting two trees. I crawled out of my car to wave down another vehicle and call an…

By Christina BryantMommy to Da’LayaInterrupted Aortic Arch Type B, large VSDNovember 2019 – February 2020 I got pregnant when I was 17 and did everything to ensure I had a healthy baby and pregnancy. My son was born with a hole in his heart and unbalanced chromosomes. They flew him to St. Louis 12 hours…

By Nicole LattaMommy to AmeliaCongenital Heart Defect – Transposition of Great ArteriesBorn in 2024 When my husband and I found out we were pregnant, we were over the moon excited, but also slightly nervous to be parents for the first time! Who will our little one look like? What will their personality be like? How…

By Desiree JoynerMommy to RaidenHypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome and 16.1 chromosome deletionJune 24 – August 1, 2024 From the start I always wanted a boy. When I found out I was pregnant in October of 2023, I couldn’t believe it. I was so happy to find out his due date was in July because my…

By Lisa SmithMommy to Aidan & ThomasMonochorionic Twin Pregnancy, sIUGR, born premature2024 At just 17 weeks pregnant with twins, we learned we had a monochorionic twin pregnancy (sharing one placenta) that resulted in selective intrauterine growth restriction (sIUGR). Because of this, there was a chance that the smaller baby (baby A/Aidan) would not continue to…

By Erin TuckerMommy to Eliza JanelleHydrocephalus and AchondroplasiaMarch 2021 While still pregnant with my fourth child, I was told that she had fatal birth defects and would likely not survive after birth. That is when we were first connected to On Angels’ Wings. I was given contact information for several support groups and reached out…

The tradition continues! For several years now, On Angels’ Wings has offered Santa mini sessions to its recipient families, working with amazing volunteer photographers and the best Santas we know! What started in our Springfield, Missouri chapter has expanded to St. Louis and, this year, Oklahoma City! Also, shoutout to Phoenix Home Care, which helped…

By Mollie JonesMommy to AndreCongenital Heart Defect – Hypoplastic Left Heart SyndromeApril 11, 2022 – January 20, 2023 Our journey began in January 2022, at about 6 months pregnant with our first child. We were told that our unborn son’s heart was no longer developing, and we were sent to specialists two hours away from…

By Kyle CrowDaddy to EmersonCongenital Heart Defect / Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)Born July 2022 Toward the end of my wife’s pregnancy, we went in for an ECV procedure. Our unborn daughter, Emerson, was breech and this procedure was an attempt to flip her since her due date was only three weeks away. During the procedure…

For the second year, On Angels’ Wings provided Halloween pictures to families with a child in the NICU during the week of Halloween for both Springfield, Missouri hospitals. New this year, the organization also provided NICU Halloween pictures to patients and their families in the Mercy St. Louis hospital too! This additional service is sponsored…