Gods Little Angel: while this is not the update so many were hoping for, our little Ben is now with his Heavenly Father. Two days ago, I posted an urgent prayer request. My wife Jessica and I had to rush to the ER with sudden bleeding. Our little fighter had made it through our 5+ years of infertility, which ended us at IVF. Since both of us are teachers, we had to take out a loan to try IVF. IVF was what gave us our miracle baby Benjamin. This morning, at 2:33 am, Ben came into the world at 20 weeks and 5 days. He weighed 14.2 oz and was 10 in long. The fighter that he is stayed with is for just over an hour. Long enough for his mom and I to love on him, hold him, rock him, and snuggle with him. Shortly after, his little body couldnt hold on, and he died in my arms. When I posted my prayer request, I had hoped to get as many friends, and friends of friends praying. That post somehow took off to 75k likes and 36k comments. On the one side I have all these confused and shaken emotions of why my wife and I have fought so long and so hard to end this way. On the org tide though, I realize that my son has touched of 76,000 people in just two days. So many of you, complete strangers, have shared your experiences with Jess and I. These stories have given us hope. Right now we have no idea what the future holds. We dont have the money for IVF again, and none of our other eggs survived. We are going to hold on to the hope you all have given us and try again, someway somehow. The second thing you all have given us is love. God said These three remain: Faith, Hope, and Love. The greatest of these is love. Benjamin was loved so much. With that love, I hope and pray that one day we will be able to tell a little one about their older brother Benjamin, and how much we loved him. My prayer request is different this time round. Please pray for strength for my wife, myself, and our families. Right now we are all heart broken. We have a long, difficult, and seemingly impossible road ahead of us. We are all very weak right now, and need prayers of strength. My second request is this: my wife and I still desperately want a child of our own. Please pray for us as well, that maybe God will open a new door we have yet to see. Last, please still pray for Ben. Ben is an angel now. A sweet, beautiful, baby angel. Please pray that he knows just how much his family loves him, and most of all how much his mom and dad loves him.
Posted on: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 04:36:38 +0000
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