Here is the latest news:

Conner is at home now. Conner, his mother and father, and his sister and brother are all together again for the first time in a couple of weeks.  Menagerie says it was wonderful to see them all together and so happy.

Menagerie reports that Conner is breathing normally, no panting, and he looks really good. She feels much better after seeing him, holding him, and giving him a bottle. As her husband said on the way home “For the first time since that kid’s birth, I feel like everything might be okay now.” I guess we won’t rest easy until the next echocardiogram but it all seems good.

Conner is still taking medication, and he isn’t yet out of the woods, but there is reason to be optimistic.

Menagerie says:  I am touched by how many people feel a connection with our littlest Treeper.

 

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Here is the latest news, received last night from Menagerie:

Just now got word about Conner that is not good. Need more prayers. The latest echocardiogram shows his heart is not beating as strong as it should be, and the doctor said they allow for all he’s been through and the surgery. There are three classifications and he is medium. They hope this will clear up on it’s own, just him taking a little longer than they expected to get back to full strength. If not, they look for causes. Right now they are putting him on a medicine to lower his BP, which will make it easier on the heart.
Thank you, thank you, and thank you again.

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Here is the latest news, just received (Tuesday morning) from Menagerie:

Listen up you guys! Keep the prayers coming. Conner is getting sprung from PICU back to a room. He is doing so well that he goes to a room a whole day earlier than their minimum expectation yesterday.
The doctor told them in two weeks they would never believe their son had had his chest cut open and his heart stopped for 61 minutes. He said most children heal at a phenomenal rate.
Thank you, thank you, and thank you again.

Wow!  Just had surgery yesterday, and less than 24 hours since he came out of surgery, he is leaving the PICU.  Both the breathing tube and the feeding tube are out now, and Conner had some milk in a bottle and did well. It will be a little while before he can nurse again. Everything is going well.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl6YOYdBiQ4
 

The thing that really stands out in my memories of Sept 11, 2001, is the astonishing unity of the majority of Americans – sadness, love of country, enormous anger towards our enemies.  Remember the members of Congress standing on the Capitol steps, singing God Bless America?
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The Hillsdale College Choir

This is the first in a series of videos produced by PJTV.  The others will be for Members Only, or for sale in the PJTV Store.

In this PJTV series, we look at whether America is a country of hostility or prosperity. The first episode covers the treatment of Native American’s (sic). Should we be ashamed of the way our ancestors treated them?

I just watched this video, and I’m sitting here with tears running down my face.  Had to share with you.

We are all precious, each child is precious, and all they need to know is that someone cares, someone sees the good in them.

What do you think? (Please watch the video FIRST)

Treehouse Hits The 50,000,000 Mark!

The Last Refuge – officially, The Conservative Treehouse – celebrated its fourth anniversary on February 1, 2015.  Now it’s time for another celebration (and we love celebrations) as we welcome our 50,000,000th visit!