Tinkerbell's Dream

Meet 10 year old Isabelle Ewing, a.k.a. Izzy and Tinkerbell of Oneonta, NY.  One year ago, her life became severely endangered by the rupture of an AVM, an abnormal cluster of veins and arteries fused together on her brain stem.

Isabelle Ewing, a.k.a "Tinkerbell", a Valley View Elementary School student in Oneonta, captured our hearts when she was suddenly struck down seven months ago after suffering an AVM rupture. An AVM is an abnormal cluster of veins and arteries fused together...

It's been a long road for the Ewing family of Oneonta, watching, waiting, and praying for their 9-year-old daughter Isabelle to get strong enough for her next surgery. The goal is to get her well enough to undergo a very dangerous surgery next month to remove an AVM, which is an abnormal cluster of veins and arteries fused together dangerously close to her brain.

It's every parent's nightmare come true: their child ends up in the hospital with a life threatening condition. This is sadly a nightmare come to life for Lauren and Sarah Ewing, parents to three children in Oneonta.