Connected By The Precious Thread of an Extra Chromosome...

i must give ashley paradis moreno credit for this title...she posted this as part of a status on facebook tonight.....and it is so true. in a very short amount of time (9 1/2 months) i have become "connected by the precious thread of an extra chromosome" to an enormous group of people i would have never known had it not been for wyatt's diagnosis with Down syndrome. but God, in His infinite wisdom, knew that i needed these connections.....

my heart is heavy tonight, as i know many others are, over the news that carly, a precious eight year old girl (who had Down syndrome) died very unexpectedly today. no, i didn't know her or her family, but i can't even begin to imagine the depth of pain they are in tonight. it is my prayer that God is their Comfort and Peace tonight, and that they are clinging tightly to Him and His promise of eternal life through Jesus Christ....

it has been a very emotional week in our online facebook community also as chrissie is battling for her life in texas. her parents, siblings, family, friends and thousands of others have been bringing her before the Throne of Grace continuously, begging for His Will to be done, praying for her healing. praying she will wake up from the medically induced coma and that her heart will beat again on its' own.....dear God, let it be so...... her parents adopted her from serbia not long ago, knowing that she would need this extensive heart surgery.....giving her the chance to live a full and abundant life...

and there's micah, a precious 2 year old boy with Down syndrome, who we've been praying for all week as well. he was admitted to the er last saturday at the point of "septic," something you never want to hear....an infection raging through your body that they don't know know what it is nor if it can be stopped. as the physicians have battled for his life, they discovered that it is toxic shock syndrome, a staph infection that has invaded his little body. he is still in picu on life supporting machines, but is showing definite signs of improvement, for which we are so thankful and praising God! and we will continue to pray for his full and complete recovery...

i know the stress of handing your baby over for open heart surgery ..... and i'm so thankful wyatt's surgery went smoothly, and his recovery has been uneventful. i know that not all surgeries have that outcome. yes, it was stressful, but we're on the other side now. the prayer support we received was tremendouw. i know the power of prayer, and i can pray for these families and ask others to pray.

God is good, all the time. He is faithful to hear and answer prayers. He is in control, and He is on His throne.