Once you welcome a child into your family, your love and concern for that child is ceaseless. You can't help but worry until you learn to place your worries into wonders. When you taste the sweetness of liberty, you know how little control you actually maintain over your son or daughter's wellbeing. The love their creator has for them is far greater and far more perfect than our own.
There was no way of knowing when little Luca B. was born that he would have a growing blood clot similar to a birthmark hidden deep down in his esophagus. Sometimes our inability to see things out in the open is a gift. We can't ever understand everything, and not knowing everything provides the freedom that tastes sweet because then we see who is really in control.
Thanks be to God who chose in this particular instance to give us early warning of the abnormality that could have caused Luca's breathing to cease. Had this been our journey, however, I'd still praise my God because I know He knows so much more than I, and I cannot fathom His wisdom.
We just learned that Luca's medicine has shrunk the subglottic hemangioma from covering ninety percent of his airway to ten percent in just a few months! Luca will continue to take this medicine until he is at least twelve months old, and then wean accordingly if the clot is gone. Despite our physical exhaustion, we have a hope that surpasses knowledge and a rest that surpasses understanding. I'm very grateful for the doctors, nurses, and prayers these last few months! Luca is a better baby boy for this journey!
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