Tomorrow I must say good-bye to the girl who stole my heart. It hurts.
All I want to do is keep holding her and praying over her for the
Lord’s healing. And yet the the time has come to continue on the
journey…
I wanted to update everyone on Carol
and what has happened since my first blog. First, the Lord completely
blew us away by the support given on behalf of her. He provided in
such amazing abundance. Last Friday Carol went in for a brain scan
and blood work. We are still waiting to find out the results of the
blood work. As far as the brain scan, the verdict by the medical
people is that there is nothing that can be done for Carol. Half her
brain has grown over the other half in such a way that the smaller
half will never develop fully preventing any chance for her to walk
or speak.
The only serious medical problem the
doctors are trying to prevent is the possibility of Carol having
seizures as she gets older. They have put her on special vitamins
for this month to see if that will help the small episodes of shaking
she already has. The shaking could turn into more serious seizures
the older she gets if that don’t figure out how to prevent them now.
The results were not what I expected.
I thought we were going to find out exactly what could be done next
and then start planning how we could do it. The family had that same
hope. They were crushed when they first found out, trying their best
to believe in the Lord’s plan in the midst of having been told she
will never be independent of them in her life. Forever she will
depend on her mother, siblings, and extended family. Tears poured
from her aunt’s face earlier this week as she shared about her trying
to choose and rely on the Lord in the midst of knowing no medicine
can help Carol walk.
It seemed that God had closed doors for
humans to intervene and heal her through science and medicine. And
yet He is working in ways we never imagined. There is a doctor back in the states
that is interested in knowing more about Carol’s condition and if
there is anything he can do. Right now we are
all just waiting and praying our hearts out for this little girl.
Regardless of whether Carol ever walks or speaks, this I know: there
is an incredible purpose over this beautiful child’s life. She will
bring hope and show Christ to people in ways far beyond words
and actions
