Dakota Autumn

13/07/2023

Our precious little Dakota Autumn is a true fighter!! Here is an update from Jason 👇🏼

Princess Dakota 👸 has Miraculously shown massive improvements,
And has successfully fought her way off the oscillator like a true Warrior Princess.
She is now only on a ventilator and showing signs her lungs are functioning at 60%
The Dr's have started reducing the sedation meds, and Baby D will hopefully be fully awake by the weekend.
THANK YOU ALL for your continued Prayers, 🙏🏼 and unwavering support ❤️

Keep fighting the fight Baby Girl.

11/07/2023

Today was a BIIIG day for our precious Baby Dakota Autumn!

She has just come out of a one hour surgery to remove the ECMO machine. Baby D is now only on the Oscillator.

Small steps to a full recovery for our gorgeous girl!

We continue to ask for all your prayers for Samantha Tennent and Jay and of course our little fighter ❤️❤️

02/07/2023

Here is an update from Sammy about our precious baby D:

Dakota Autumn is still in a stable condition and is still on the ECMO machine. Yesterday they put her on an Oscillator again to try inflat her collapsed lung. The xray has come back and her beautiful little lung has inflated. Tonight is a big night for us as she will be coming off of the Oscillator. We ask if everyone could please say a HUGE prayer for our baby girl tonight that her lung does not collapse again and her little body can start healing ❤️🙏🏻

27/06/2023

Hello to all our loved ones, friends and Baby D's biggest supporters 💜

Sammy and Jay have taken quite a bit of strain over the past few days, naturally feeling absolutely mentally, emotionally and physically exhausted. Sammy tries her best to update but this too is not always easy.

Baby D is still on the ECMO machine - ECMO stands for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. The ECMO machine is similar to the heart-lung by-pass machine used in open-heart surgery. It pumps and oxygenates a patient's blood outside the body, allowing the heart and lungs to rest.

Dakota's stats have been low over the past dew days, which we pray will get better in the coming days 🙏🏼 the tests results for Cystic Fibrosis were negative - thank you lord for this good news!!!!

The team of Dr's are suspecting Surfactant Lung Disease - Surfactant dysfunction is a lung disorder that causes breathing problems. This condition results from abnormalities in the composition or function of surfactant, a mixture of certain fats (called phospholipids) and proteins that lines the lung tissue and makes breathing easy.

We continue to ask for all the prayers, love and support for Sammy, Jay and precious Baby D 💜🙏🏼

Love and light to you all ❤️

Samantha Tennent

22/06/2023

Please share Baby D's Back A Buddy page, we can all make a difference to this precious girls recovery and her parents lives ❤️🙏🏼

UPDATE: Dakota has been diganosed with Pulmonary Hypertension on top of whatever her underlying disease could be. This is affecting her heart and putting it und

22/06/2023

💜 Here is an update on our sweet baby girl. 💜

Dakota was transported to the Nelson Mandela children's hospital where she was taken into surgery to be placed on the ECMO machine. This is to help her little lungs and heart take a break and try heal.

She has since developed a fungal infection and awaiting results. Her one lung has also collapsed.

Baby D has a 24/7 nurse who is keeping a very close eye on her.

We continue to pray and are hopeful for a full recovery for this precious little fighter!

Sammy and Jason are so incredibly grateful for all the love and support!

18/06/2023

Happy Father's Day to a Super Hero Daddy, Jason 🥰 we hope you have a great day! Know how much you are loved and cherished by all your kids! Have a blessed day, Jay ❤️ Samantha Tennent

15/06/2023

Happy Happy Birthday to our Super Mommy, Samantha 💜 may your day be as special as you are Sammy!! You are so brave, beautiful and strong! May your year ahead be filled with many blessings. We love you lots 💗

12/06/2023

Every amount helps this precious girl and her parents with the battles they facing. Every rand adds up. Please share and help us raise as much as we can to ease the burden of medical bills and care for baby D 💜

UPDATE: Dakota has been diganosed with Pulmonary Hypertension on top of whatever her underlying disease could be. This is affecting her heart and putting it und

12/06/2023

Small steps for a BIG recovery for our precious, Dakota. She will be going into theater either tomorrow afternoon or Wednesday where they will change her from the oscillator to a ventilator 🙏🏼 💜 please continue to pray for her!

08/06/2023

We can all make a difference to the lives of Dakota, Sammy and Jason ❤️‍🩹
Any donation, big or small will make all the difference!
Below is the link to the Back a Buddy page and Dakota's full story 🙏🏼

UPDATE: Dakota has been diganosed with Pulmonary Hypertension on top of whatever her underlying disease could be. This is affecting her heart and putting it und