13 DAYS!!!!

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 7^th 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