12/11/2015
Update on Brooklyn: December 14th she will be 7 months post transplant! She is doing amazing! She saw Dr Davies today and she is off all medication except Synthroid to help her grow. She has been approved to return to school after winter break January 11th!!! We are so excited for her since she loves school so much and cannot wait to go back. And of course I'm excited because I won't have to home school! On a side note a huge shout out to all teachers because it is a tremendously difficult job and a special thank you to my mom, sister and brother who are teachers and helped guide me though it!
Joel, Brooklyn and I would also like to express our deep felt gratitude for the many, many prayers and overwhelming amount of toys, cards, letters and support we received during her transplant. We felt such love from our family, congregation, friends and strangers who have prayed for our baby girl. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
We made some amazing friends during transplant that we share a lifelong bond with because of enduring the hardship of seeing our kiddos sick and near death. We also were taken in and treated like family by the Avondale Congregation in Cincinnati and given continued support from Rolling Hills Congregation, our home congregation in Murrieta, CA. Thank you to our loving God for our worldwide brotherhood!
We had not posted in awhile out of respect for our friends that have lost children during transplant this year. We are happy Brooklyn is doing well, but our hearts break for our friends and it's hard to be outwardly joyous when they are facing an unimaginable heartache. Please say prayers for those in this situation as well as for those still undergoing transplant and the debilitating after effects.
We continue to put our trust in our Heavenly Father, Jehovah, and await his promise when we will say "...And death is no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore, the former things have passed away." Revelations 21:4
With love and kindness,
Jen
