Valentine’s Day is often a time of expressing our affection for those in our lives who are dear to us For Pat and Cheryl Stone, however, what they received on Valentine’s Day of 2001 touched their hearts in a very different way. That day, instead of hearts and flowers, the Stones received a diagnosis of Prader-Willi syndrome for their precious daughter, Nicole. “It was the mind-numbering revelation that bonds us all,” says Pat.