Isaiah 45:1-3
45 “This is what the Lord says to his anointed,
to Cyrus, whose right hand I take hold of
to subdue nations before him
and to strip kings of their armor,
to open doors before him
so that gates will not be shut:
2 I will go before you
and will level the mountains[a];
I will break down gates of bronze
and cut through bars of iron.
3 I will give you hidden treasures,
riches stored in secret places,
so that you may know that I am the Lord,
the God of Israel, who summons you by name.
to Cyrus, whose right hand I take hold of
to subdue nations before him
and to strip kings of their armor,
to open doors before him
so that gates will not be shut:
2 I will go before you
and will level the mountains[a];
I will break down gates of bronze
and cut through bars of iron.
3 I will give you hidden treasures,
riches stored in secret places,
so that you may know that I am the Lord,
the God of Israel, who summons you by name.
(Text from a sweet friend)
If you google TAR you will see a lot of different things. Some kids have heart issues, some have things wrong with their legs, some kidneys, but the over all factor is everyone has low platelets. Most kids I have heard about need a platelet transfusion every week until one and sometimes even the second year. Many kids never see 100,000 platelets until they are adults.
We prayed while John was still inside of me for God to do a miracle and give him his bones. However HE GOES BEFORE US... and he has healed John of so much more. and the biggest being his blood. John has only had three transfusions his whole life.His Platelets have been 35,000 at birth then 12,000 that night( had a trans) the next week 25,000(had a trans) the second week 24,000( had a trans) the third week 48,000 then ten days later 40,000 then ten days later 78,000 ( on July 16th) This was the first time Johns platelets increased on their own. A MIRACLE!! God goes before us and does the things that we can't... He has done a miracle in little John. In February his check was 146,000 UH - MAZING!!
So today as we went into the pre op appointment to have Johns platelets check I was more nervous then I think I will be tomorrow for the actual surgery. His platelets had to be 100,000 to not need a transfusion (by the way we have 300,000) . We met the doctor as he was going into work this morning, I guess we might have been a little early. He asked us who we were looking for and we said "Dr. Gowda" He said you can follow me. As we entered the elevator he said " I am Dr Gowda" with a sheepish smile. We knew we were in great hands when he did a DOUBLE check of John's platelets one with a machine that took a minute ( usually we wait over an hour for John's platelet check) and a manual one he used look at John's blood in a microscope.
He walked in the room... Good News... 135,000 ... Cue clapping and cheers and happy tears.... angels singing " HOW GREAT THOU ART"
I can not tell you how much this answered so many of my late night prayers and lunch time prayers... I somehow think that chick-fila nuggets and good wholesome milk help boost those little platelet numbers.
After the appointment that calmed my fears, we went through the rest of the pre op just more waiting where John caught up on some magazine reads he had been missing, and more blood taking which was all followed by a nap :)
What an amazing day that was all wrapped up with family coming in and an amazing day at the beach. Tomorrow is the big day ... so thankful that God has gone before us
