I didn’t want to ask THE question. You know, the one that every time I even
think about it my heart stops and my stomach drops. The question that asks if my daughter will
lose her finger.
Dr. Zeri (the hand specialist) gave us good news and bad
news. I classified it them into the two
categories. You can do the same. Here is what he said…
1. There looks to be plenty of blood flow all the way up her
finger.
2. He has never seen a finger look like this before.
3. He doesn’t know why her finger is doing what it is doing
4. He doesn’t know if she can feel anything (suspicions are
no)
5. He hadn’t considered amputation, but again, time will
tell
6. He is pleasantly surprised about the difference in
her finger from Monday til today
7. There is nothing they can do now… either it will heal on
its own, or it will not… and then the dreaded thing happens. But I’m not going to go there just yet.
On the upside, Faith is happy, playing, so brave at the
offices, and a joy to be around. She was
so happy when the nurse allowed her to pick a color of bandage.
Jeff and I are struggling.
We’ve both cried today, and expressed how sorry we feel for our sweet
innocent little girl. We wish we could
do something to help ease her anxiety and any fears that she is too young to
express. We are on edge, anxious, and fearful of the
unknown. (I know, none of those are
characteristics of Christ-followers…)
One prayer of mine, a plea really, is that the loss of
feeling in her finger is God’s way of answering my prayer to take her pain away…
and that the feeling will return in time after the skin has healed. I know God is the Great Physician, and He can
do things like that. Would you pray with
us?
Love
Lindsey
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