Our sweet little angel, Chance James Prince, son of Michael and Michelle Watts Prince, was called home by his Heavenly Father on Wednesday, January 9, 2008, at the Primary Children’s Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Chance was 4 months old. He was born on Sept. 1, 2007 at the University of Utah Medical Center. Chance passed from being our angel of light in this life to his new role as a guardian and beacon for his family in the eternities to come. Chance gave us all reason to hope and to be able to witness the miracles that happen by faith and by modern medical procedures.
His family would like to thank all of the medical personnel at EIRMC in Idaho Falls, the U of U Medical Center, and especially the doctors, nurses and staff of Primary Children’s Medical Center who were angels by his side day and night.
Chance is survived by his parents; his grandparents, Jim and Marsha Prince and Bruce and Kerry Watts; great-grandparents, Marvin and Glenna Jorgensen, Shirley Hart and Theris Watts; and many loving aunts, uncles, and cousins.Michael and Michelle will be available to meet with family and friends on Monday night, Jan. 14, from 7-8 p.m. at the Wood Funeral Home East Side, 963 South Ammon Road, Idaho Falls. A viewing will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 15, from 10:00 a.m. until 10:45 a.m. at the same location with the funeral services following at 11:00 a.m. The burial will be in the Ammon Cemetery, Ammon, Idaho. In lieu of flowers, friends may contribute to the following account: Beehive Federal Credit Union, Michael and Michelle Prince, Chance02. Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.woodfuneralhome.com
CHANCE JAMES PRINCE
September 1st 2007, at approximately 8:45pm Chance James Prince came into this world… and our lives were forever changed. Weighing only 1lb 11oz at birth and no longer than 12 inches, he was already larger than life.
But this was just the start of his earthly mission, he was a chosen son of Our Heavenly Father, who sent him here to accomplish something great. What this mission was we had no idea at the time, and we may never know exactly what it was that he was sent here to do. But our lives have all been touched in some way by him. He was able to accomplish, and experience more in four months than most of us do in a full lifetime.
Every day with Chance was something new… nothing was what you would call ordinary. Many of his nurses could always expect him to throw them a bit of a curve ball at some point during the day. Whether it was needing blood, or his chest tubes not draining right, or his oxygen needs going up and down every time they touched him, and many other little things he did, he always had them on their toes, some days more than others. And just when we thought that we were getting on top of things he would give us something else to overcome. It all goes to show that what goes around comes around, as it is said and we all know that Mike was such a perfect and innocent little boy never causing anybody any grief, so it must have been Michelle’s fault that he was always up to something, when he was quiet and it seemed like nothing was going on he was just trying to find something else to do like seeing how fast his dad would lose all his hair or how many nurses he could get to fight over him. They just never knew what he would do next.
Chance had his first surgery on the 24th of September; this was to close a vessel off near his heart, what a success. His next was just a couple days later to find out what was wrong with his stomach they found that he had a perforated bowel, it was cleaned out and they had to leave him open till it started to shrink and he got bigger and stronger. He had surgery once a week for the next two weeks just to clean the wound out and to change the bandage. Then they moved the ends of the perforation out and put a patch on his stomach, and didn’t do surgery for a couple weeks. He had a few complications following these surgeries, large amounts of swelling, infections fluid on his chest. Finally they were able to go in and fix his bowel and the cyst that had formed was gone what a miracle. But he was still plagued by swelling and fluid in his chest so they couldn’t finish closing him up. But through all of this he kept fighting and overcoming each obstacle as it came at him. When it seemed that all was lost and he could not finish Michelle would be there whispering in his ear that she loved him, and Mike was there to bless him and tell him it was ok. Many family and Friends were praying for him, and telling him that he was loved and wanted him to come home, and he would keep fighting knowing that when it was over that there would be no pain, but joy and peace.
On Monday January 07, we got a call that he was not doing so well. A family fast was started on Wed, for answers to prayers and to questions. And that night our prayers were answered, and our questions were answered with peace and comfort that our Heavenly Father knows each of us and has a plan for us, and when it is accomplished we are called home. So shortly after 10:30 while in his sweet Mothers arms Chance was called home to his Heavenly Father, He was met by many loved ones that could not wait to see him.
In Chances life Day after day, and surgery after surgery, and trial after trial, since the day he was born, he had his ups and downs, yet through them all he remained strong, and an example of courage and faith to us all. Throughout these last four months we have benefited by knowing Chance, we have grown stronger as a family and as friends, and we will be able to overcome any obstacle in our way because of him. We love him and know that we will see him again, and that he is watching over us every day.
September 1st 2007, at approximately 8:45pm Chance James Prince came into this world… and our lives were forever changed. Weighing only 1lb 11oz at birth and no longer than 12 inches, he was already larger than life.
But this was just the start of his earthly mission, he was a chosen son of Our Heavenly Father, who sent him here to accomplish something great. What this mission was we had no idea at the time, and we may never know exactly what it was that he was sent here to do. But our lives have all been touched in some way by him. He was able to accomplish, and experience more in four months than most of us do in a full lifetime.
Every day with Chance was something new… nothing was what you would call ordinary. Many of his nurses could always expect him to throw them a bit of a curve ball at some point during the day. Whether it was needing blood, or his chest tubes not draining right, or his oxygen needs going up and down every time they touched him, and many other little things he did, he always had them on their toes, some days more than others. And just when we thought that we were getting on top of things he would give us something else to overcome. It all goes to show that what goes around comes around, as it is said and we all know that Mike was such a perfect and innocent little boy never causing anybody any grief, so it must have been Michelle’s fault that he was always up to something, when he was quiet and it seemed like nothing was going on he was just trying to find something else to do like seeing how fast his dad would lose all his hair or how many nurses he could get to fight over him. They just never knew what he would do next.
Chance had his first surgery on the 24th of September; this was to close a vessel off near his heart, what a success. His next was just a couple days later to find out what was wrong with his stomach they found that he had a perforated bowel, it was cleaned out and they had to leave him open till it started to shrink and he got bigger and stronger. He had surgery once a week for the next two weeks just to clean the wound out and to change the bandage. Then they moved the ends of the perforation out and put a patch on his stomach, and didn’t do surgery for a couple weeks. He had a few complications following these surgeries, large amounts of swelling, infections fluid on his chest. Finally they were able to go in and fix his bowel and the cyst that had formed was gone what a miracle. But he was still plagued by swelling and fluid in his chest so they couldn’t finish closing him up. But through all of this he kept fighting and overcoming each obstacle as it came at him. When it seemed that all was lost and he could not finish Michelle would be there whispering in his ear that she loved him, and Mike was there to bless him and tell him it was ok. Many family and Friends were praying for him, and telling him that he was loved and wanted him to come home, and he would keep fighting knowing that when it was over that there would be no pain, but joy and peace.
On Monday January 07, we got a call that he was not doing so well. A family fast was started on Wed, for answers to prayers and to questions. And that night our prayers were answered, and our questions were answered with peace and comfort that our Heavenly Father knows each of us and has a plan for us, and when it is accomplished we are called home. So shortly after 10:30 while in his sweet Mothers arms Chance was called home to his Heavenly Father, He was met by many loved ones that could not wait to see him.
In Chances life Day after day, and surgery after surgery, and trial after trial, since the day he was born, he had his ups and downs, yet through them all he remained strong, and an example of courage and faith to us all. Throughout these last four months we have benefited by knowing Chance, we have grown stronger as a family and as friends, and we will be able to overcome any obstacle in our way because of him. We love him and know that we will see him again, and that he is watching over us every day.
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