March 7th. Our Day which shall forever live in Infamy.
We headed off on that fateful Friday afternoon to see our favorite OB/GYN for our 20 week anatomy scan. We were more concerned about boy vs girl than anything else, but all that really didn't matter as long as our baby was deemed healthy. Yay!!! It's a boy. His name will be Alexander Luke. And then, the scan continued. We learned that baby Alexander will likely have the same problems that cost his brother John Dallas his life. Our world stopped turning, at least for a moment, and then we snapped back to reality as our almost 10 year old explained to us exactly how he needed to move the furniture around in his room, so that we could put the crib in the boy room! I sat and wondered, didn't you just hear? Do you not understand? Am I really going to hold another son while he takes his last breath?
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| John Dallas. 10-26-2011 - 11-12-2011 |
As heartbreaking as it sounds. There is hope. We have been placed in the care of an amazing team of Doctors. Doctors who are encouraging hope, and a chance at life, and proper care, rather than encouraging the termination of a pregnancy. Already we have undergone more followup testing than anyone ever even suggested for John. But beyond that, our Hope has a name.
Our Hope is placed in no one but Christ alone. I won't lie and say that it's easy, it's a lot harder than I even feel like it should be just to trust. As the song says, (lyrics to In Christ Alone, as sung by Natalie Grant)...
In Christ alone my hope is found,
He is my light, my strength, my song;
this Cornerstone, this solid Ground,
firm through the fiercest drought and storm.
What heights of love, what depths of peace,
when fears are stilled, when strivings cease!
My Comforter, my All in All,
here in the love of Christ I stand.
In Christ alone! who took on flesh
Fulness of God in helpless babe!
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones he came to save:
Till on that cross as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied -
For every sin on Him was laid;
Here in the death of Christ I live.
There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain:
Then bursting forth in glorious Day
Up from the grave he rose again!
And as He stands in victory
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me,
For I am His and He is mine -
Bought with the precious blood of Christ.
No guilt in life, no fear in death,
This is the power of Christ in me;
From life's first cry to final breath.
Jesus commands my destiny.
No power of hell, no scheme of man,
Can ever pluck me from His hand;
Till He returns or calls me home,
Here in the power of Christ I'll stand.
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