Thank you everyone who donated yesterday! We've raised $1,725.00! I am amazed and so thankful to everyone for their generosity and prayers. Please continue sharing my fundraiser page. As they say, "the squeaky wheel gets the oil." Let's keep sharing so more people can donate. Only 19 days to go until the end date of the fundraiser.

Gallbaldder: I am doing better one week after my gallbladder surgery. Still sore and I have to remind myself not to push myself too hard. I am hoping to heal quickly and get back into working so I can make more money to pay bills and payments for lawyers.

Damian: He was so sweet on Thursday and seemed to be very happy. I am hoping he will be able to move so that he is living with myself at my parents' house as they have agreed to have us both there as they love us so much. I have been finding it difficult to communicate with John's family about Damian as they are so busy. Kate, John's sister, with her 5 children and John's mother live together in North Vancouver (this is where Damian is staying). John's brother Stephen and his wife Betsy and their four children are also very busy. Things between John's family and John's and myself are not on the best terms due to all the stress of this situation. As a nurse I have noticed Damian is not receiving the necessary attention he needs as a curious 7 month old. He often looks at screens, which is not recommended for children under 2 yrs of age according to the World Health Organization, and is not what I want for Damian either. I feel he would have the attention and educational play time he needs if he were back with me and my parents who can give him more attention. I would also like to breastfeed but Damian is so used to using bottles now that it is difficult. I so appreciate John's family's support so far but I feel now he needs more than they can give. I also believe that Damian being separated from me has put strain on our relationship. By having more time together we can be able to rebond with each other sooner, 3 months of living apart is enough. There is no reason Damian can't be with me as I have never been a danger to him or his safety. The only reason the MCFD won't let us be together is because of the RCMP investigation is not concluded, yet they don't have evidence to arrest or place charges against myself.

I have expressed all of this to our social worker Kelly Wolfe and hope that she can change the current situation in the next week or two. I doubt that this will happen though due to the way things have been developing so far.

Court is on March 1st as I stated earlier and I think we will need to adjourn once again until I have legal counsel.

Again a big thank you to everyone ❤️

Anastasia