We celebrated Abigailes dads birthday on Friday, after therapy and a few things we had to do. That truly is a celebration of giving life thank you God!
We also celebrated Abigailes life. It was 7 years ago on Allens birthday that we spent a very long night in the hospital with Abigaile who had a 54 minute seizure this being the second seizure after a very serious adverse reaction to a vaccine. It was a very long night, it was a truly scary night.
We had gone about our day as normal with a 7 month old infant, as normal as that can be. We had some friends over for dinner, to play some music and do to a Bible study. I'll never forget Twelve ordinary Men. There was nothing ordinary about this night. We started out by my friends husband who said he was like doubting Thomas, the thoughts going through my head that we must change that doubt into no doubt at all. I remember playing the piano and hearing my Abigaile cry out, my husband turn around and Abigaile in the bouncer was sounding like she was choking. We knew she didn't have anything to choke on. She started turning a pale color, and then a bluish color. I ran upstairs to get our suction bulb and suctioned her out, but she seemed to be getting worse. We called 911. The ambulance came and took us away to the hospital my baby on oxygen and non responsive. We spent the next grueling hour in a hospital trauma room not knowing what would happen next. We prayed. Our baby, still non responsive. Natascha who had been fine earlier seemed to be running a 104 degree temperature. We prayed more, started calling other people and pastors to pray.
The ER Dr left the room, silent, and shook his head. There was dead silence in that room and no one, no nurse, no Dr - no one was telling us what was going on. They didn't know. The Dr insinuated that she would not make it after a seizure like that. We continued praying.
We would end up spending the next couple of days having these episodes each time a new IV was hung, or medication was given. No one not even the Pediatrician knew what was happening. We felt so alone but knew God was faithful and put everything we had into Him and His hope for us, for Natascha, and for Abigaile.
We went home and had a consult at the end of the week at Arkansas Childrens Hospital in Little Rock. We didn't know at the time, but this incident would change the rest of our lives.
We eventually would rule everything else out and find out 2 very long years after that the incident that Abigaile had was a grand mal seizure. We would also find out she had a reaction to her 5 month old Pertussis vaccine, and feel it might have actually happened sooner, maybe even at birth with the Hepatitis B. We could prove this one though which is what we did with the grace of God. We give glory to God for He brought us through that horrible time, and many valleys since. We give glory to God for the healing He is still continuing to do in her body even today. We are blessed beyond measure.
I could be angry or bitter by what happened to my child and honestly there are days that I just sob because I don't want to see any child suffer, but I wake up and I hear her mumble, and I see her big beautiful blue eyes, and she says "mommy I wuv u". God is it so worth it! God you are awesome above anything at all! God I give you glory!
It is our year of Jubilee and we have a lot to be thankful for! This will be a year of freedom, a time of restoration, and a season of preparation. In the year of Jubilee, debts are to be forgiven and lands returned to their rightful owners. In the year of Jubilee, any enslaved by one would be set free. During this holy year, injustice would be righted, oppression would cease, and the people would experience safety and fruitfulness in their land. We claim it, and we receive it !
love,
your daughter of Zion
My beautiful Abigaile: In the Bible you name has meaning of "Strength", even in man's world you name means "Joy". You live up to both my beautiful girl. I thank God for being so faithful to His Word.
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