With all my heart, Alysse

Today is pre-op day!

Allie will be seeing her cardiologist, surgeons and medical team for prep evaluations and testing today. Blood work, x-rays, EKG, echo cardiograms. It would be a long day for most 3 year olds but our princess is a champ! She will breeze through it...with the help of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse :)


WALKING IN THE SHADOW

We have prayed, prepared and planned for months. We have done all we can. And now we surrender it all to our Lord and ask for His mercy, comfort and love as we walk through this in the shadow of His wing. Today we will look up from all we have done to praise God for all He has given.

God has provided a medical team that are not only highly skilled but are kind and compassionate. These providers have watched Allie grow since before birth. They have saved her life through these surgeries and through the unknowns of shunt failure, wound infections and heart failure.  We have not a doubt that God has placed Allie in the hands He has trained for her.

We have been blessed by a community of support that God has placed in our lives. Friends, family and many strangers have sent words of encouragement, prayer and support. We have been receiving care packages, gift cards and donations. We cannot tell you how much every gesture blesses us. We know that during these times we are often distracted but please know that each of you are appreciated and a blessing to us!

And above all we thank our gracious God for His merciful love. He has blessed us with 3 most wonderful years this far with His angel. She is a joy and our delight! We thank Him for trusting us with His princess and for allowing us the opportunity to love her, support her, encourage her and nurture her through the challenges she faces. It is our honor and our pleasure.

Psalm 138

I will praise You with my whole heart;
Before the gods I will sing praises to You.
I will worship toward Your holy temple,
And praise Your name
For Your lovingkindness and Your truth;
For You have magnified Your word above all Your name.
In the day when I cried out, You answered me,
And made me bold with strength in my soul.

 All the kings of the earth shall praise You, O Lord,
When they hear the words of Your mouth.
Yes, they shall sing of the ways of the Lord,
For great is the glory of the Lord.
...

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me;
You will stretch out Your hand
Against the wrath of my enemies,
And Your right hand will save me.
The Lord will perfect that which concerns me;
Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever;
Do not forsake the works of Your hands.