A baby born with congenital heart disease and a condition where her esophagus didn’t develop properly has endured 26 crucial surgeries in her life so far. Now a bubbly, bright 4-year-old, she is living her best life. Dawn Matieschyn, 38, of Langdon, Alberta, opened up to The Epoch Times about her daughter Faith’s resilience, her own grief, and what it took to overcome a heartbreaking start to the life of her daughter. Faith’s official diagnoses are six-vertebrae “long gap” esophageal atresia, epilepsy, and Shone’s syndrome. However, Dawn and her husband Joel, 41, knew something was wrong early on in the pregnancy. “By eight weeks, I started to feel pains very low in my stomach that closely resembled symptoms you expect much later during pregnancy, and I was puzzled,” Dawn said. “I recall jokingly telling my husband I felt like I was ‘showing much faster,’ and wouldn’t be surprised if I …