This memorial website was created to remember our dearest Samantha Chyanne Scott who was born in Tennessee Jackson, TN. on November 27, 1999 and passed away on February 4, 2003 at the age of 3. You will live forever in our memories and hearts. My granddaughter was born normally ten fingers, ten toes but at three months we began to worry and at seven months she was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy type 2. She never walked or crawled or even sit up but her mind was hte most amazing she could read at one year old, count to 50 at two years old and had an amazing memory of everything. She could count to 100, say her ABC's . Then at one year old she had a problem with her eye and was carried to Vanderbilt several test were run and finally nothing at that time could be found. Just before her third birthday she had a place to come up behind her head that got bigger and bigger. Finally a biospy was done and it was discoverded that she had a neuro blastoma. This is consider cancer on the brain and no cure is to be found. From the time we found out what she had she lived three months. We never had an idea that we would have to cope with more than the muscular dystrophy and this was so much worse we could cope with her being in the wheel chair but to know that we would loose her so fast was unbearable for us. The more we read about the cancer the more we knew that we were just building memories but how do you put a life time of memories into only three months then how would you cope with loosing this child and how would you go on. Also death with brain cancer is the most horrible death not only will this child suffer a lot but with us watching her suffer how would we cope. Why would a parent or family member ever have to face this. After her death we grieved like any other person and then we decided that we must make something good come from her death so we opened a foundation account through our local hospital and went to work doing charitable events to help others that had children with cancer. We have a double a team in our area and they do baseball games then our local Harley-Davidson Dealer does a ride with all fund going to her foundation account. We have helped one family so far but are anxious to help more. From her death we learned it is better to give than to receive. But his has been a great healing process also. After Chyanne passed away God blessed us with another granddaughter and she does not have SMA at all. She can do everything Chyanne could not so even in our darkest hour he gave us Hope and she was named Hope Rose. She helps us with those moments when we get very discouraged she is a ray of sunshine. No she will not take Chyanne's place but she makes the pain much easier. God need a rose and gave us a rose. He is a loving God and we give him all the praise.
| Gary Glenn (Pappy) |
Yes, little Chyanne did die, (and I know this, --because I hand my hand on her little chest when there was no more strength, no more energy to fight, and I felt her last heartbeat -- but she did not give up, her body just gave out), ---But By No Means Is She "Gone"! ! !
I am Gary Glenn, Kroger Pharmacist, the grandfather (Pappy) on the mother's side, my daughter is Kacy Glenn Scott.
I know Chyanne is Not Gone because Her "Spirit" is with me and around me all the time She help's me through my daily life, through problems, through hard times, through depressing aspects of life in general.
Chyanne is not only around to help me through the "low's", ... but she is also with me to celebrate, to help to create the good times, and the "blessings" that I have received many times over.
(Small blessings: ...... like the week after she "passed", when I went trout fishing to my property in Kentucky, .."of which is My most "Spiritual Places" in the world",
----The first night, .....Not only was I blessed to witness one of the longest and best shooting stars I had ever seen, which shot all the way across the sky at a time when I was talking with God and Chyanne and hoping for some kind of a "Sign".
---but before the weekend was over, ...I was also blessed to catch the largest brown trout, an 8 pounder, and the largest trout that I had ever caught at that time ! ! !
---There is no doubt in my mind that this was a gift from Chyanne to me, ...to put "the fish of my dreams" on my hook that day.
Chyanne had an attitude of: ..........."NEVER GIVING UP".
Never will I forget, the time on my couch as she was propted up against the arm of the couch so she would not fall over, ...and we were playing catch (note: the best she could with her very limited movement of her one arm and none in the other), ---playing with a little "foam" 8-ball, the size of a golf ball, and it rolled and got stuck in between her hip and the arm of the couch, ---she kept reaching for it , and of course, ----it was almost impossible for her to reach it much less grab it, ...But while trying to reach it, (of which she finally did), ---she looked at me and said,
"We don't give up, ---do we Pappy, ...'No, We don't give up".
After surviving throat cancer 3 years ago and only being given
a 30 - 40% chance by "Vanderbilt", ----and my knees going really bad a year later (probably from the chemo):
****Chyanne came to me again, 2 days ago on her birthday,
with another gift (blessing) to help motivate me to start back exercizing again, ---after not doing so, for almost a year, when I have actually exercized rather intensly all my life.
.....I kept hearing,
"We don't give up, ---do we Pappy, ...'No, We don't give up"
----and while exercizing on the exercize bike during the 40 minute period, ---numerous times dur this period, I spoke my thanks,
..."thank you God, thank you Jesus, thank you Chyanne"
Chyanne was only on this earth for only 3 years (and possibly,
she might have experienced more life and happiness than many people do in their lifetime),
----but she is with me, and will be with me, "Heart and Soul",
---now, in the present, and forever, --when we will meet again. ...........Pappy
| Martha Scott Grandmother |
| Wendy ^Y^ Kevin Conatty Family | Happy 4th of July Hugs Wendy and Sarah |
| Angel Kevin♥Conatty's Family | THINKING OF YOU HUGS ♥WENDY AND SARAH ♥ |
| Yannick2Chyanne*'sMom | Mother |
| The Queen Family | Happy Mother's Day |
| ROSE GRANDMA TO | ANGEL BRITTANY SYFERT |
PRECIOUS CHYANNE,
WISHING YOUR MOMMY & GRANDMA A VERY,
