Getting Ready

I am always amazed at the peace God gives.

And I am equally thankful for that peace.

One of the hardest things to do is help your child on an operating table and after they fall asleep, leave the room.  The walk down that hallway is long and cold.  You feel like a horrible parent - abandoning your child.

How wonderful to know that God has not left them!  He has never walked away from them - nor from you.

Tomorrow morning I will make that walk again.  But not alone.

Never alone.

Surgery

6 months old - Mid-Cerebral Arterial Stroke

18 months - heel cord lengthening

4 years - heal cord lengthening, tendon transfer

10 years - tendon transfer;  screws inplanted to inhibit growth of right leg

11 years - screws removed

12 years 10 months - removal of bones in left wrist to shorten;  fusing wrist

You might say we are old hat at surgeries.

But the butterflies are still there.  The nerves are still raw. 

This time, so are hers.  This is the first time she has worried about surgeries.  This time she knows what to expect..  This time she understands the pain.  This time she knows the risks.

So together we have decided to fast as a sign of our trusting in God. 

And He will be faithful.  He has always been so.  He will be again.