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Pop (Lawrence Edelbert Barber) is Todd Burpo's grandpa. Colton's great grandpa.
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Colton's parents get married
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Cassie, Colton's older sister is born
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Sonja (Colton's mom) miscarries their second child at two months along.
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Colton Todd Burpo is born
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Todd Burpo breaks his leg in the coed sofball tournament
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Todd get kidney stones
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Todd feels a lump in on his chest. It's diagnosed as hyperplasia (breast cancer)
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Colton complains of stomach pain. He has a high fever. The doctors diagnose it as the stomach flu.
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They think that Colton has gotten better.
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They go ther to celebrate Todds recovery from a broken leg, kidney, and breast hyperplasia. Later that night Colton begins to vomit about every hour.
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He goes to the doctor in Imperial, Nebraska. They ask if Colton could have appendictis because it runs in their familly. The doctor dismisses the possibility of appendicitis.
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Colton has both a ruptured appendix and an abscess.
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Colton's parents check Colton out of the hospital because they arn't helping them. Colton is getting worse. They take him to the hospital in North Platte, Nembraska. Dr. Timothy O'Holleran tells them it is in fact appenditis and they need to perform immediate sergury.
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They are discharged. Just as they get on the elevator, Dr. O' Holleran shouts for them to come back. The blood tests showed that Colton's white blood cell count has spiked. The CT scan showed two more abscesses in Colton's abdomen.
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The second surgery was a celiotomy to dreain the abscess. They found a total of 3 abscesses.
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Dr. O' Holleran advices them to transfer to Denver Children's Hospital because he's done all he can. A blizzard strikes and blocks the exit of the hospital with 2 feet of snow. The congregation in Imperial gather and pray.
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Colton starts playing like a normal kid. The CT scan shows there is no more obstruction.
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The Burpo family returns to their home in Imperial.
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While going to South Dakota to visit family, Colton starts to tell his family about heaven. He tells the rest of his story over time.
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Colton and Cassie's younger brother is born.
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Colton Burpo turns eleven. He remains healthy.