Elsie has no idea what's about to happen to her. She cognitively just can't understand. In tears tonight I spoke the words, just so that she'd hear them. "Your dad and I love you so much. We're doing what we think is best. Tomorrow will be a hard day for you. You will wake up with owies. But Mommy will be with you. I love you so much sweetheart."
Today we played all day. I needed to; they needed to. It was fun and it got our minds off of tomorrow. At the end of the day a friend met us. This friend knows what it is like to live with a child in the hospital. She knows what it's like to make hard, seemingly life altering decisions for your child. She knows because she's done it. And God knew that I needed her today. I needed to be reminded that I'm not alone. We have so many people loving us and supporting us. To all of you who have prayed and sent messages and served our family in so many ways...from the bottom of my heart, thank you.
Above all, we are not alone because the God of the universe who created Elsie and knows her and loves her infinitely more than I ever can...He is Immanuel, God with Us.
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Praise God for friends who KNOW what we're going through! Praying for strength for you all tomorrow as you make and live out those hard choices for your family (and especially Elsie).
Adding my prayers for you and your family.
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