I am a blog stalker. I love to click on blog titles on the sidebar of my friends' blogs and see what their friends and acquaintances are up to and I feel like I'm not the only one. So if any of you have ever stalked my blogs, you might have wondered why there are no posts on m + j = love after her last pregnancy update. Surely you would have been expecting baby pictures and a birth story by now. So in an effort to update you, I will let you know that her sweet baby boy, Tyson, was born on August 17th, but had breathing and heart problems shortly after. For the past two months he has already undergone two heart surgeries and has been hooked to machines, one of which actually circulated his blood for him for awhile! Meg and Justin have been spending as much time with him as possible at Vanderbilt's pediatric ICU and have been very close to losing him on more than one occasion. The little sweet pea needs our prayers.
Motherhood really messes us women up, mostly in good ways, but in so many other ways, too. Before having children, I probably would have read Meg's story and been very sad and concerned about it, but I doubt I would have checked Facebook multiple times everyday to see how he's doing (which, if you are interested, can be found at Help Tyson Fight on Facebook). I probably would have said a prayer or two every once in awhile, but would not have found myself in tears when I pray for their little family, as well as the other families that are going through similar situations. Before having children of my own, I would have been worried about Tyson's progress, but would have given little thought to how difficult this must be for Meg and her husband, Justin. Meg has only held her son on a few occasions, and that thought alone makes my heart ache in big ways. I honestly feel like their presence with him probably does just as much, if not more, than all of those doctors, machines, and procedures combined.
As for Meg and Justin, they are handling this with grace and courage, taking it one day at a time. Their posts and updates remain as optimistic as possible, even though I know that this has to be the hardest thing they've ever experienced, and it's not like it was by choice. I know that as parents, we'd all do the same, handling it the best way that we know how. I know that when Jake just has a head cold, I feel absolutely helpless, so I cannot imagine how much harder their days must be, which is why I pray. When a situation seems helpless, that is the time when prayer is needed the most, and I decided to share their story in order to have more people praying for them. I want nothing more than to see them finally take Tyson home, and he has sure put up a fight thus far! So please join me in praying, whether it be just once or everyday, for Meg, Justin, and baby Tyson. And if you're reading this and have little ones (or big ones) of your own, make sure you thank your Heavenly Father for those precious gifts. And hopefully one day soon you will click on my blog and notice that m + j = love has jumped to the top of my blog roll, filled with happy pictures and updates of a healthy baby Tyson. Wouldn't that be awesome? If you ask me, that's a prayer worth saying!
Thanks for reading... as a blogger I can get caught up with updates about my own life and family, but I am glad I can use it today to help a friend instead.
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