Musings of a mother of many
Amidst all the busyness of Easter and Evangeline’s fight to regain the use of her leg, I’d like to take a break and introduce you to sweet Joshua Cross.
Joshua is 5 years old and was adopted from Guangdong Province in December 2011. He was 3 1/2 years old when he came home from China.
He […] Read more…
Tonight, over two thousand years ago, He hung there on the cross, broken, His life pouring out for me, for the world.
I see Him there, amidst the darkness and the excruciating pain, crying out to His Father to sustain Him.
And I feel the incredible cost of redemption, unmerited and free.
He bought […] Read more…
Today Evangeline walked with the help of a walker, a knee immobilizer, and her braces.
When I look at her in this picture, I think of one word.
Triumphant.
I think of Evangeline’s triumphant spirit, and I am reminded of our triumphant Savior shining victorious and strong amidst the brokenness of her feeble body. […] Read more…
I watched the Duggar’s visit to China tonight along with most of the Chinese adoption community.
I have also read many of the negative comments virally exploding on Facebook about such a large family considering growing their family even more by adoption.
I even read one very critical comment suggesting the Duggars should have […] Read more…
The days have passed and the words for an update just have not come.
Evangeline is healing from surgery. She is perky and sweet and overwhelmingly precious.
Yet her leg just drapes across the bed and hangs unsupported when she stands. It is improving, ever so slowly. She can move it with incredible effort, […] Read more…
Today has been a day of great improvement for Evangeline!
Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard. ~Isaiah 58:8
The physical therapists were able to get her out of […] Read more…
Things are really hard for Evangeline right now.
She is not bouncing back from this surgery well at all. She is still flat on her back and in literal agony when they try to move her.
Her leg has not improved since the earliest movements of a couple of days ago. Her tongue […] Read more…
As I have talked to the Neurosurgeon more and more, I have begun to understand more clearly about Evangeline’s spine and what happened in the operating room.
Children with Diastomatemyelia have a split spinal cord separated by a boney spur that penetrates the cord.
Usually, children with this situation have two healthy cords.
Evangeline does […] Read more…
Evangeline has been awake sporadically since around 6pm. She does still have some sensation in her right leg which is a good sign, but she has no function in it.
It just lies lifeless on the bed. It is just heartbreaking to see.
BUT it is still early. The next few days will present […] Read more…
Things did not go well. She lost the use of her right leg. Surgeon does not know if feeling and function will return. We are praying it will.
He had to stop the surgery when he lost all signal in her right leg.
I’m with her in ICU. She is not awake and still […] Read more…
