God sent another angel.

August 9, 2012

God has sent me another angel, an angel who knows exactly what I am going through.  My sister did some research to help me in starting my new non-for-profit.  I found a website called Hope for Two.  On the site, I could choose to have a support woman call me.  If you know me personally, I do not throw pity parties.  I don’t want to be in an atmosphere of sadness and despair.  I am not the group meeting kind of girl.  Well, I decided to sign up for this “support woman “ to call a few days ago.  Today, she called. I was working and couldn’t take the call.  I had doubts about calling back, but I had questions.  The boys were busy watching TV and Theo was on his way home so I had a few minutes.  What’s the worst that could happen?  At the very least, it would be a question- answer session.  I dialed the number.  I explained who I was and she took control of the call.  She asked me to tell my story.  I told her and then she told her story.  She was just married and not using birth control because of some medical conditions that lead her to believe she couldn’t have children.  Well, three months later, she was pregnant with her first child.  At the first prenatal visit, her blood count was high enough to land her in the hospital.  She took a different medication to control her blood count but all was well.  Her choice of treatment to keep her white blood cell count in check was by taking injections in her stomach daily.  On the last visit, the baby’s amniotic fluids were low so the doctor decided it was time to induce labor.  She started the induction on Tuesday and the baby was finally delivered on Friday.  She was then facing some complications following childbirth with a blood clot and an infection of the blood.  After two weeks, she was strong enough to go home.  She immediately started treating the leukemia with Gleevac, the same medication I will need to take after my baby is born.  Some of the symptoms of this treatment is nausea, hair loss, and fatigue, all of which she is dealing with.  She is now contemplating having a bone marrow transplant to alleviate all the problems and be completely healed.  But there are risks so she is deciding if it’s worth it.  Well, that’s the story but the touching part was that she is a Christian.  God sends you what you need, even if you haven’t thought about asking for it.  Her son, Ezra Isaiah, was born 2 years ago and is watching over his mother like a guardian angel, healthy as can be.  I asked if she would stay in touch with me while I experience what she did.  She agreed.  She also sent pictures of Ezra and he is so very cute.  We also agreed to keep each other in our prayers.  I LOVE GOD, HE WORKS IN MYSTERIOU S WAYS!!!