Why do these things keep happening to good people? My "Bestie" and her husband and family have been through so much over the last 1 1/2 years. They are good Christian people and truly try to live every day the way the Lord would want them to live. They have the sweetest two little boys. First, Traci has endured more than I feel one person should have to endure. She lost her brother, then her father months apart from each other. She has lost many family members to cancer (her daddy being one of those). Her sister has had to fight cancer and Traci herself at 36 was diagnosed with breast cancer that turned out to officially be stage 3, but would have been stage 4 had they found more before they actually did. She had all her surgeries and went through that along with chemo and radiation like a champ! She truly was a rock star like I've never seen before. Brian was right by her side throughout that entire journey like all great husbands are.
If all that hasn't been enough, now Traci and Brian have to deal with the fact that 3 weeks ago their youngest, Sam (4 years old) starting having headaches and throwing up. They kept returning to the doctor and they determined to put him on medication to help with the headaches and nausea. At first it didn't seem to help at all, but this past week he had no headaches since Sunday. They were all encouraged, but just to be safe they wanted to schedule an MRI. It took until Wednesday for insurance to approve the MRI (isn't that special?). Once insurance approved, they had the MRI scheduled for Friday (yesterday). At one point they considered should they cancel it since he had done so well all week, but to have peace of mind and be sure they went ahead with it. They did the MRI and immediately sent them to the ER. Her sister in law called me and all I could think of is, I have to be there.
It was so hard to watch Brian, Traci, Sam, Brad, & Belinda go through all that yesterday. I just wanted to help and wasn't sure what I could do to help, but I knew I wanted to be available for whatever they might need. Thank goodness they have Brad & Belinda. Once they knew what the doctors were going to do with Sam they began making a plan and left to pick up their other son, Kevin, and their own boys and pack and headed to Little Rock to drop all the kids off with Belinda's mom (thank goodness for her too) so they could be at the hospital with Brian & Traci. Traci's family (outside Brian's family of course) all in Nebraska. Can you imagine how hard it is to be that far away when your child needs you or you need your mom? Well, unfortunately, I know all too well as many do and it is hard! I stayed until they took Sam and Traci to Little Rock to Children's Hospital by helicopter and then helped Brian grab their stuff at the house and get him on the road as quickly as possible. I would have done so much more if I had known what to do.
There were and still are so many people offering to do anything and everything and praying. Prayer is the best help we can all give and they are getting!
After trying to do a CT scan with contrast and Sam's IV blowing last night they decided to give it a break and let him finally eat something. After trying and approximately 10 sticks the "Momma Bear" came out in Traci and she said enough! They decided they would do the IV again once he was back for surgery this morning that was scheduled for 8:45 am. Well, wouldn't you know, this morning around 7:30 they told them the OR was so busy they needed to move Sam's surgery to this afternoon. **sigh**... So here they go waiting (again).
Sam has an epidural hematoma on the right side of his head. At first they thought it might have been caused from a fall at daycare about 3 weeks ago, but now they are in the camp of it not being a hard enough blow to the head to cause it so the cause is still a mystery at this time.
One thing is for sure, Traci & Brian have a strong faith and we are all believing with them that God is in control and HE has this. It's scary for any parent to watch their child go through all this, but I can't think of any stronger parent to see Sam through this and they have a wonderful family and strong friend network helping them right along.
We love you guys and there are so many family and friends willing to do anything and everything you might need.
We will continue to pray as you walk through yet another journey that I know you will champion through like you always do, but I know this time being your child it makes it harder to see that you can do this, but you can (both of you)...
Love you big as the sky!!!
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