{"id":14556,"date":"2020-05-12T16:40:33","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T21:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/?post_type=post&#038;p=14556"},"modified":"2022-08-15T09:46:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T14:46:14","slug":"danyas-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/danyas-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Danya&#8217;s Story: Still Dreaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stamant.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Dayna-Westicoot.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14550 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stamant.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Dayna-Westicoot-576x1024.jpg?resize=540%2C960&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"960\"  data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/a><br \/>\nBefore the lockdown, Dayna was planning the trip of a lifetime; a week on the West Coast with her Home Share family made possible by your generous donations. <strong>It\u2019s always been her dream to see the ocean, wildlife, and ferry boats.<\/strong><br \/>\nSince birth, Dayna, 22, has battled fragile health. She has liver disease, trouble breathing, and survived multiple open-heart surgeries and other procedures. She feels pain, fatigue and has difficulty walking, so she uses a wheelchair provided by St.Amant.<br \/>\nEarlier this spring, Dayna was feeling stronger. Her Home Share mom Angela and her care team were planning to make her dream come true, and everyone was counting on the support of St.Amant Foundation\u2019s generous donors to bring it to pass.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s such a shame that the trip was cancelled because she\u2019s strong enough right now, but the future is uncertain. Last year she was in the hospital the whole summer,\u201d Angela said.<br \/>\nWhile Dayna waits for the pandemic to end, she takes walks around the block, but she\u2019s bored and separated from all her friends. Dayna recently received a donated video game console and needs a new TV so the systems can be connected.&nbsp; This will help her pass the time and give her a way to chat and game with friends while she remains isolated at home.<br \/>\n&nbsp;\u201cI like playing video games, and if my foster parents are watching something on TV that I don\u2019t want to see, I can go up to my room.\u201d<br \/>\nEveryone is waiting and hoping Dayna\u2019s health will remain strong so she can make that trip when travel restrictions have eased.<strong>&nbsp;Until then, you can help make her days feel less lonely.<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cI can play games online with my friends and watch a funny movie in my own room.\u201d<br \/>\nAt this time of disruption, distancing, and uncertainty, staying connected has never been more important. Your gift will keep Dayna connected to friends while awaiting a trip of a lifetime!&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/foundation\/donate\/covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong> Please consider giving today!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before the lockdown, Dayna was planning the trip of a lifetime; a week on the West Coast with her Home Share family made possible by your generous donations. It\u2019s always been her dream to see the ocean, wildlife, and ferry boats. Since birth, Dayna, 22, has battled fragile health. She has liver disease, trouble breathing, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[341],"post-topic":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":14556},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","pll_sync_post":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14556"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25669,"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14556\/revisions\/25669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14556"},{"taxonomy":"post-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-topic?post=14556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}