Gotcha Day

It is hard to believe today has been two years since we met our son. When I reflect on that first day we saw him to where he is today, it is easy to become emotional. His magnanimous  personality captures the heart of all who meet him. I am journaling specifically today to give an update on our little guy. I have vacillated back and forth on what to share if even anything at all and Kris and I both feel we need your help. Seth needs prayer warriors and we want to recruit you as our friends and family to pray for him. 

This January, after Seth woke from a nap, he began to act strangely. It was as though his body was short circuiting. The short version of the story is, after a myriad of tests, we have discovered Seth has 2 rare forms of epilepsy. As we have begun to educate ourselves on the diagnosis, we have learned things are a lot more serious than we first anticipated. We have found only 10% of people with this form of epilepsy are able to get their seizures under control and the other percent have a great risk of being “lost” inside their own bodies. As our doctor explained, we are at the beginning of a very long marathon. There are meds to figure out, EEG’s to be done, therapies and lots of unknowns. But we know the One who knows all things and we are asking for healing for our little guy. And we are asking you to join us in prayer for healing. Please pray for total healing. 

One of the reasons I hesitate to share is I do not want to discourage people from adopting. Of course we did not know this diagnosis when we adopted Seth into our home. But can I just tell you…if we did know, we would adopt this amazing little guy all over again! One week before Seth’s seizures began to present we decided to adopt again. We have been matched with a little guy in China that has a special need known as Microtia. I want to tell you we are so excited to have another child waiting to join our family! If Ruthie and Seth have taught us anything, it is how to love and to be loved in ways we never imagined. Love is always worth the risk. 

We are excited to share our journey with you as we move toward our adoption of our newest son. We ask you to pray for him as he is out of our care. But we also ask you to pray for our Seth. We will keep you updated through our blog. Thank you for being warriors on behalf of our family.