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Kara was born with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), a hole in her diaphragm and abnormally developed lungs that would have made every breath she took a struggle. Holly Hamm says they found out something was wrong with their baby at her 20 week prenatal appointment, but there was little that could be done in utero. “We found out because her heart was pushed over to the right, and so that’s one of the signs that they look for,” Hamm recalls. “So we were sent off to Winnipeg right away to confi rm that it was CDH, and it was.” What followed was a multitude of tests, visits to the NICU in Winnipeg, and consultations with surgeons leading up to Kara’s birth in preparation for what would come immediately after. “With CDH, everything shifts around and all your organs move to the top, but they can’t tell how serious it is when they’re in the womb,” Hamm explains. “So they didn’t know how much of her diaphragm was missing.” Surgery was a given, though, and waiting to see the extent of the problems Kara would face after birth made for a stressful PHOTO BY ASHLEIGH VIVEIROS/VOICE time for the young family. Kara Hamm, 2, and mom Holly at their Winkler home. The Hamm family helped the Manitoba Lung Association open their new Winnipeg offi ces last month. Kara was Continued on page 22 born with a hole in her diaphragm that required surgery at birth. news > sports > opinion > community > people > entertainment > events > classifi eds > careers > everything you need to know 2 The Winkler Morden Voice Thursday, January 14, 2016 The Winkler Morden Voice Thursday, January 14, 2016 3 gettinformedNEWS > VIEWS > WINKLER > MORDEN > SURROUNDING AREAS Record-breaking season for PTM By Ashleigh Viveiros President Howard Thiessen noted that attendance has been on a steady The Pembina Threshermen’s Mu- rise each of the last 10 years. In fact, seum reported on an- they’re seeing over twice other record-breaking as many visitors every year at its annual gen- summer as they did a de- VOICE FILE PHOTO eral meeting last Sat- cade ago. Thousands of visitors came out urday. “IT’S BEEN “It’s been miraculous, to enjoy old-fashioned fun at the The Hwy. 3 pioneer almost,” he said, noting Pembina Threshremen’s Museum village saw its atten- MIRACULOUS, that much of it is owed last summer. dance numbers hit an ALMOST ... to the tirelessly promo- all-time high of 3,727 tional work and museum tor, which was moved from near Has- visitors in 2015. SOMETHING improvements initiated kett to the museum at the start of the That number nearly WE’RE DOING IS by general manager Kim year and then spruced up and fi nally doubles when you fac- Striemer. “To see results opened to the public by season’s end. tor in the additional WORKING OUT coming out of that, of “That was a huge deal for all of us,” 3,586 people who at- course it’s a good thing. Thiessen says. “It fi ts right in here.” tended an event in the RIGHT.” Something we’re doing is “I call it the perfect elevator because PTM’s rental hall or working out right.” it’s a pint-sized elevator for a pint- who stopped by for Last season was full of sized museum,” Striemer adds. special occasion photos in the heri- highlights, chief among them the ad- PTM also launched its “Save the tage village. dition to the village of a seed eleva- Braun House” campaign, which brought in $1,000 toward restoring the aging log cabin, upgraded aspects of the Valley Harvest Maids dining hall kitchen, spruced up the exteriors of several buildings and the grounds overall, introduced new membership and volunteer programs, and expand- ed its gift shop offerings, to name just a few of the year’s projects. Continued on page 4 The Pembina Threshermen’s Mu- seum’s board and staff with MLA Cameron Friesen at PTM’s annual general meeting last Saturday. 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