Hope for Baby Bennett: Let's do this...

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Let's do this...

I know we usually ask for prayers for the little guy (who thinks he's the big guy) in our household, but this week, the prayer request is actually for the big guy of our household, Dusk.

We knew that 2013 was going to be a big surgery year for our family and it's starting NOW. Dusk is going in for total left hip replacement surgery this Friday (March 1st) at 7am. We'd appreciate all the prayers and good thoughts you can send our way. I don't talk about it much on here, but Dusk has been in excruciating pain for months. The poor guy can't move without being in pain and has been walking with a cane for sometime now. We're READY for the next chapter for him, for his pain to be over and for him to get back to the life he loved, with lots of golf and hiking! But hip replacement surgery is major surgery, with all the attendant risks and benefits. Luckily, we're so jaded after open-heart surgery that it doesn't seem like that big a deal, but truly, it is and we're a little scared, particularly about the immediate post-op recovery period. We're praying for a successful surgery and a quick recovery. Please pray with us! (and if you'd like to help out by bringing a meal during the week following his surgery, we won't complain - my mom will be here helping out next weekend (THANK YOU MOM!), but after that, ~~I'm~~ we're on our own! Please just email me if you'd like to bring us dinner and I'll get the sign-up list out to you!

Thanks!!!

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Kathy BakerFebruary 24, 2013 at 5:40 PM
Praying for a speedy recovery and no more pain for dusk! Wish I lived closer I would come to help! Love you guys.
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The HandsFebruary 24, 2013 at 5:53 PM
Amy, I will definitely pray for you all. We were there right before our daughter with HLHS was born. My husband had a total hip a month before and was released from restriction the day before she was born. It's one more piece to the puzzle of your life that will add to the beauty of the picture, but it can be a little difficult while you're going through it. You are doing well accepting help when it's offered. Just a little hint from experience..."Be careful not to 'mother' your husband as he goes through this. Just be there as his wife and affirm him in every way you can." ;-)
My prayers are with you-please keep us updated.
Angie
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Matt and Heather Adoption JourneyFebruary 25, 2013 at 6:24 PM
Love you Amy!! and Yes the joseph's will be praying...funny about the hip pain. matt has been debating whether or not to have hip surgery himself. not a replacement, but he pulled something they need to fix. ugh. so painful and i can't even imagine how your sweet dusk is doing...will be praying. keep us posted as i know you will...
xoxo
heather
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Hip Replacement SurgeryApril 15, 2013 at 4:31 AM
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The Chosen Mothers by Erma Bombeck

Most women become mothers by accident, some by choice, a few by social pressures, and a couple by habit. Did you ever wonder how mothers of children with life threatening illnesses are chosen?

Somehow, I visualize God hovering over Earth selecting His instruments for propagation with great care and deliberation. As He observes, He instructs His angels to make notes in a giant ledger. "Armstrong, Beth, son, patron saint Matthew. Forrest, Marjorie, daughter, patron saint Cecilia. Rutledge, Carrie, twins, patron saint Gerard."

Finally, He passes a name to an angel and says, "Give her a child with cancer." The angel is curious. "Why this one God? She's so happy." "Exactly" smiles God, "Could I give a child with cancer a mother who does not know laughter? That would be cruel."

"But, does she have patience?" asks the angel. "I don't want her to have too much patience or she will drown in a sea of self-pity and despair. Once the shock and resentment wears off, she will handle it." "I watched her today. She has that feeling of self and independence that is so rare and so necessary in a mother. You see, the child I'm going to give her has it's own world. She has to make it live in her world and that's not going to be easy."

"But, Lord, I don't think she believes in you." No matter, I can fix that. This one is perfect. She has just enough selfishness." The angel gasps -"Selfishness? is that a virtue?"

God nods. "If she can't separate herself from the child occasionally, she'll never survive. Yes, here is a woman whom I will bless with a child less than perfect. She doesn't realize it yet, but she is to be envied. She will never take anything her child does for granted. She will never consider a single step ordinary. I will permit her to see clearly the things I see...ignorance, cruelty, prejudice...and allow her to rise above them." She will never be alone. I will be at her side every minute of every day of her life, because she is doing My work as surely as if she is here by My side." "And what about her patron Saint?" asks the angel. His pen poised in mid-air. God smiles, "A mirror will suffice."