September 8, 2017

September 8, 2017 is a day I will never forget.  The urgency I felt to get Sarah to the doctor....looking at her in the rearview mirror as her eyes glazed over and driving faster......carrying her limp body through the hospital doors, and sobbing as they rushed her away from me.  Had I just seen my baby alive for the last time?  Panic rushed over me...this couldn't be real.

They walked Nathan and I outside of the room where she was lying motionless on the bed as they poked over and over again, trying to place an IV.  I was filled with relief any time I heard the slightest sound from her because I knew she was still alive.  They called the life flight team in to place the IV.  They were amazing, truly heaven sent, and from that moment they never left her side.  She seized on the way to her CT.  They were able to stop it quickly and get her to the scan in minutes.  In the scan our life flight nurse quickly saw the massive tumor and got everyone moving quickly....She knew every minute counted.  We were in the air on our way to Primary Children's Hospital for surgery within the hour.

Looking back on it now, that day and every day after, I am truly in awe. I see God's hand in every single detail....that day was truly orchestrated by Him.  He was always there, watching over Sarah, carrying us. It was the hardest year of our lives, but with Him we survived.  Life is good. It is beautiful, wonderful, and so very fragile.  Never take it for granted.


 


September 8, 2017




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