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This week on Walking With You, we are featuring sweet Elena and her blog that tells the story of her Lilly Elizabeth.
Elena's words as she shares part of the story of Lilly's amazing life:
Our youngest daughter Lilly Elizabeth was diagnosed with anencephaly at 21 1/2 weeks in utero. This is her story. She was amazing and did amazing things in her six days 5 hours and 30 minutes of life. She cried when the Dr. pulled her out. She cried often, made noises when she was hungry and rooting, was peaceful, calm, and loved. She nursed!!! She lifted her head while laying on her stomach on daddy's chest. She gripped our fingers lots of times. She smiled. She opened her eyes. She responded to noise so we know she could hear. This blog will tell in detail of her story. Lilly met and was held by over 50 people..around 30 alone her first couple of hours being born. She was given 2 hours to 1 day after birth but she went above and beyond that without being hooked up to machines or being on medication. Her heart beat and respirations were always GREAT!!! She was always calm, peaceful, and happy. Amazed even the doctors at how well she was doing. She is our little miracle and our angel. Not many people get the chance to witness a miracle, we feel lucky and blessed to have been given that chance.
Her most recent post talks about those moments of missing that wash over us from time to time...and also contains one of my own favorite "sayings". Please visit and leave her word of encouragement.
This post shares the day when everything changed for this family. We all can relate to that day in our own journeys.
Read about some of the ways Lilly's family treasured this gift of time...
I hope you will take the time and read about Lilly and her sweet mom, Elena. Even if you only leave a comment on the most recent post, it will be an encouragement and a blessing to her. Thank you so much to those of you who took the time to visit last week's featured blogger, Kim. Please take some time to show love to Elena and keep her and her family in your prayers this week.
Monday, July 12, 2010
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4 comments:
I am going over to visit Elena now! Thanks again for doing this!
Blessings,
Karen
Love Elena!! I follow her already! :)
I'm a little behind but finally made it. I'm glad we can all support each other along the way!
Kelly, I tried going on Elena's blog a couple of days ago, and my computer wouldn't load up her page, other than her sweet daughter's picture at the top and just the title's of her post's. I have dial up, which takes a lot longer to load up, but I must have let it load for close to 40 minutes. I was pretty bummed. I don't have any way to contact Elena, but I just don't want her to think that I skipped her story. :) I LOVE the little bit that I read in this post. Sounds like she was an amazing little girl!! She's beautiful... and perfect.
Jenny
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