Please pray
I'm up early this morning because the little daughter of friends of mine is having open heart surgery today at Vanderbilt's Children's Hospital. I'm going to go sit with them while they wait.
If you're reading this, would you please say a prayer for Allison Courtney, her doctors and her family.
Allie is 18 months old and has already had open heart surgery once, as well as other procedures to correct problems with her heart. She is a beautiful little girl with the most adorable personality. She's strong and happy. Many people are praying for her and we all believe she is going to come through this successfully and recover quickly. But we can never have too many prayers.
Allie is the same age as my little grandson, Andrew. So it isn't hard for me to put myself in the shoes of her family and imagine (not know) how difficult it must be to watch their sweet "little person" have to endure the discomfort and invasiveness of all that goes along with such a complicated and serious surgery/recovery, not being able to understand any of it or why it's happening to her. Just keeping her still after she's home will be a great challenge for her parents, I'm sure. She's a busy little girl with lots of energy.
Thank you for praying for her. If you don't read this until after the surgery is over, you can still pray for her recovery! Surgery begins this morning at 8:30. I'll give an update tonight. Her parents' names are Val and Liz Courtney.
This is a fairly recent picture of Allie. Pictures don't have a chance of capturing her personality. She just steals your heart when you're around her. I copied this one from her mommy's blog.
If you're reading this, would you please say a prayer for Allison Courtney, her doctors and her family.
Allie is 18 months old and has already had open heart surgery once, as well as other procedures to correct problems with her heart. She is a beautiful little girl with the most adorable personality. She's strong and happy. Many people are praying for her and we all believe she is going to come through this successfully and recover quickly. But we can never have too many prayers.
Allie is the same age as my little grandson, Andrew. So it isn't hard for me to put myself in the shoes of her family and imagine (not know) how difficult it must be to watch their sweet "little person" have to endure the discomfort and invasiveness of all that goes along with such a complicated and serious surgery/recovery, not being able to understand any of it or why it's happening to her. Just keeping her still after she's home will be a great challenge for her parents, I'm sure. She's a busy little girl with lots of energy.
Thank you for praying for her. If you don't read this until after the surgery is over, you can still pray for her recovery! Surgery begins this morning at 8:30. I'll give an update tonight. Her parents' names are Val and Liz Courtney.
This is a fairly recent picture of Allie. Pictures don't have a chance of capturing her personality. She just steals your heart when you're around her. I copied this one from her mommy's blog.
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