He Takes My Heart With Him

What Does He Have???

Within the past week, I have had to tell two different people that Jack has spina bifida.
One, a friend that I met after Jack was about six months old, never knew. I mentioned that I had declined to be in our church's MOPS group for the past two years because of Jack's surgeries. She looked at me, startled, and asked what he had had surgery for. The answer rolled right off my tongue. "He has spina bifida."
"Really?" she asked, puzzled. "I never would have known from looking at him. He must have a really mild case."
I said that he did. I explained his various operations and how great he is doing. "Wow," she said. I added that we had known since halfway through the pregnancy, but they had thought it was a tumor then.
After explaining, again, about Jack's experiences, I just felt so blessed and grateful. He is so blessed and cared for by God. What a fortunate little boy he is. Really, things could have been so different. I thank God every day for our Jack and how our prayers have been answered.