13 days!! Lord
willing, Truett will be making his appearance in 13 days! EEEEK!!!!!
I know it’s been
awhile since Harry or I have blogged, but as you can imagine, life has been
crazy and isn’t slowing down. So I may repeat some things I’ve already said, but
I’m going to try to update y’all the best I can!
We have a
cesarean scheduled for Tuesday, April 7 at 10am. Having a day set was reality
for us. This is really happening. We had something to look forward too. I had an
urgent cesarean with Anniston so that, plus the circumstances with Truett are
why I’m having another one this time.
We’ve continued
having our routine doctor appointments with Dr. Million. We cannot express
enough how amazing she has been! Each visit she encourages us and lets us know
that yes, this will be difficult, but in the end, everything will be okay. And
she’s right, it will be! We have faith that the Lord will get us through this.
On February 22,
my amazing friends and family threw us a “Shower of Love.” I’m going to be
honest I was SUPER nervous about the shower. I didn’t know what to expect. I
didn’t want people to feel awkward or uncomfortable. My friends did an
outstanding job and everything was perfect. Thank you for each hug, prayer and
word of encouragement. Often times we don’t know how to respond, other than
saying ‘thank you.’ So, THANK YOU for all your love and support shown to us.
I’m feeling lots
of different emotions these days! As if I didn’t think about it everyday
before, it often overwhelms me. I think about checking in the hospital, them
taking me back into the OR room, how Harry will handle seeing him, how am I
going to handle seeing him. What will happen when we go back to our room? How
emotional will our family and friends be? What will little Anniston think when
she sees her “babay?” We are so excited but also very nervous because we have
no idea what to expect.
This past Sunday,
our church, LifeSpring Church (www.lifespring.cc), had a Life, Love, Acrania
Day in honor of sweet Truett and us. It was overwhelming to see so many people
in their “Team Truett” t-shirts supporting us and praying over us. Harry
shared, as well as his Dad. The words spoken were so sweet and sincere. A
service I will never forget. On everyone’s way out they were encouraged to take
home a luminary to light that evening in honor of Truett and use the hashtag,
#teamtruett or #lifeloveacrania. Harry & I were in tears at all the
pictures that flooded social media that night. We seriously couldn’t keep up
with all the notifications. We are so grateful for LifeSpring Church!
Today was my last
routine doctors appointment, bittersweet for sure. We got to hear Truetts
heartbeat and he put on a little show for Dr. Million, dancing and kicking all
around! Next time we go to North Florida we will be entering Labor and
Delivery! I’m not really sure how I feel about that at the moment but I know
the days ahead are going to fly by!
Many people have
asked how they can pray for us specifically. First and foremost, please pray
for little Truett. We want him to be with us as long as the Lord allows, but we
also want him to experience as little pain as possible. Pray for me that on the
morning of April 7th I will be calm and experience God’s peace that can
transcend all my understanding. Pray for Harry that God gives him the strength,
wisdom and peace that he will need to be there for Truett and myself. Pray for
Anniston that she will always remember meeting her little brother and the
impact that he has had on the lives of others and that she will one day be able
to share his story too. Pray for our doctors and nurses that day also. Dr.
Million and Dr. Hatfield will be with me along with lots of nurses and staff.
Pray the Lord gives them the knowledge and wisdom to do what they know is best
and also that someone’s life will be touched because of Truett. Lastly, pray
for our family. Sometimes I feel like they’re overlooked. Our parents,
siblings, aunts, uncles, grandparents and cousins have all been here for us
since day one and I know that this has affected them too. Pray that Lord
comforts them during this time in a way that only He can. Pray God gives them
the strength and energy to be there for us and each other.
I know we’ve said
this numerous times before, but thank you. Thank you to this little small town,
that we call home, that has bent over backwards for us since our diagnosis on
September 25, 2014. We wish we could thank each one of you personally. We will
never forget how you’ve touched our lives during this time.
I apologize, I
know this is getting long, but one last thing…. We would LOVE if everyone who
has a “Team Truett” shirt could wear theirs on Tuesday, April 7th
and even post a picture using the hashtag, #teamtruett or #lifeloveacrania. We
want to do whatever we can to share awareness about Acrania and show our love
for baby Truett that day!
Much Love! <3
Kristen
