Thursday, December 27, 2012

First Day of Maintenance

(Dave and Sadie, last year November 18, 2011)

Today was Sadie’s first day of Maintenance.  We spent the morning at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital where she received a lumbar puncture and Vincristine chemo thru her port.

Each night before a procedure like this, I pray that angels will surround Sadie and guide the doctors and nurses hands; that everything will go well.  Today as I wandered the halls pushing an empty stroller while I waited for Sadie to come out of the surgical room, I got a little emotional.  I was overwhelmed with the feeling that this is a place where miracles happen.  There are angels that wander these halls and fill the rooms; that surround the children and their families.  

As excited as I am to one day put all this behind me, I can honestly say that I will miss this place.  I will miss the feeling that is there, that words can’t describe.  It’s a place of miracles and angels and I am grateful to have felt their presence.  

2 comments:

Cassie said...

Yay for maintenance! I am so thankful for all those angles (the ones supporting in spirit and the ones doing all of the procedures on Sadie) at the hospital.

The Ballard Family said...

I am so excited for it to be behind you too. I can totally attest to the special feeling within those walls that you are going to miss though. I miss that feeling too. Obviously my circumstance was a million miles away from yours, but Shawn and I would go back for Sunday service sometimes just to be amongst angels (heavenly and earthly).