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Christina, Matthew, Joshua and Katie Grace XiHua

Friday, November 18, 2011

PSALMS 147:3 He heals the broken hearted and binds up their wounds. - Our little girl's heart is in need of a miracle.


Those amazing words are written by the psalmist believed to be King David speaking of the Lord's ability to heal us body, mind and soul. I understand that the words, "He heals the broken hearted.." are meant to express the feelings of the abandoned, the forlorn, the outcast but in this case, I have taken hold of the this promise for our Katie Grace who literally needs a healing in her physical "broken heart".

Our sweet little Katie Grace has had her broken in her life on more than one occasion. Having been abandoned at 9 months, living in an institutional setting where longtime friends and caretakers may come and go, and then leaving the place she knew to come to a new family. These are huge life changes that cause a broken heart and I thank God for giving her a smiling face and a joyful disposition everyday!

We knew when we looked at Hua Hua's medical file (we still call her that at home, it's her Chinese nick name :) hwa hwa) that she had 2 "minor/correctable" defects. We had our Dr review her file an he said that 1 of the defects, a PFO is so common that many people have it and don't know it, it is most likely a non- issue, which we found to be true in her case. He said the other defect, a VSD may need correction at some point in her childhood, but is a very common correction for a cardiologist to perform successfully. This is true, but at her cardiologist appointment, there is a major problem. The VSD hole in her heart is very big. It has caused her heart to labor, which has caused her lungs to labor for too long. The heart needs the surgery soon, but the cardiologist believes her lungs have developed too much damage to be able to handle the correction of the heart.

On December 14th, Katie Grace will go into Arnold Palmer Hospital here in Orlando and they will catheterize her lungs to check the the capacity of her lungs and determine if she can have the life saving heart surgery she will need. If she does not, there is nothing they can do to improve the lung function, she will not be able to have the surgery ever. Please pray that she has that strength! We believe in hearts that she does. If you saw her, you would believe that she does. She did not have many of the signs on the checklist they asked about. She does not tire easily, she does not breath hard, she does not get blue lips or fingers or toes. She is active and healthy!

Her lung oxygen saturation levels were low, but she was also sick with a bad cough at the time and I know that can cause low levels, her cough is totally gone now.

Thanks for your prayers and I will keep better updates!


16 comments:

  1. Praying for complete healing, Annie!

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  2. We will be praying for her healing. Just wanted to tell you that you are both BEAUTIFUL as well:) Love that Black hair next to the blonde:)

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  3. God is able, Annie! Praying for complete healing!!

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  4. Annie, we will be praying for you precious Katie!! You are absolutely right, Our God is able!!!!! She is just going to be a miracle girl.
    She already is!! I know God's hand is on your sweet girl! Please keep us updated.
    Love and prayers,
    Lydia

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  5. She has so much spunk come on lungs you can do it! Sending you lots of good thoughts and hoping that the results are good so she can have her surgery.

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  6. Annie...Praying for God's perfect and divine healing for your precious babe!!!!

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  7. Praying for good lung results, a repaired heart, and peace in your hearts for the days ahead

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  8. Praying for a complete healing, physical and emotional! Love, M xx

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  9. Oh Annie, I will be praying! You are so right, she looks SO healthy!!! I will be praying for your beautiful child and for you as well!!!!

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  10. Just said a prayer for you. After my recent experience with a dangerously sick child I can empathize with you. It is so hard but God loves her and has a special plan for her. I kept telling myself that over and over and it kept me going. He won't abandon you!

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  11. I love you. Praying for strength and stamina. I keep thinking of your first dreams of her.

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  12. Oh Annie...I am sorry to hear this. I will definitely be praying that God heals her precious little heart and lungs. I believe He will!

    Love and blessings,
    Robin

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  13. Annie - I've been praying, but unable to comment. Looking forward to your update.
    Shelley

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  14. I don't know how I missed this post. I'm praying for Katie Grace!

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  15. I just saw a link to your blog asking for prayers. Will be doing that and watching for updates.

    I wanted to say that there ARE things they can do though. You might consider another opinion.

    And you latest post, wow. Powerful and I agree completely with you! You definitely have the Heart Mama Bear instincts (spoken from another heart Momma:)! Go Momma! Never give up on your girl or our God!!!

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