****WARNING, some pictures are graphic****
Two years ago today Gracie had her first surgery. She had the Super-Ankle procedure done. It was her first time in an external fixator, the first time we handed our baby over to be cut open, the first of many scars, and the first time not being able to make it better for her. It was also the second time we watched her learn to crawl, and the second time we watched her learn to walk. It was when we learned as parents to really put our trust in God, and when we learned what God made our little girl of. Gumption and Grace.
Since then, Gracie has had a total of 7 surgeries, with numbers 8, and possibly 9 to come this year. She is incredible. She is feisty. She is a warrior. She is everything God knew she would NEED to be.
Gracie has amazed us with her determination and resilience. It's truly an honor to be her mother. Today, she is sore from some current complications, (bursitis), but this is not typical for her. Typical is making us chase her down for things, running and tackling with her brother, climbing anything she thinks she can, and amazing us all!
This journey is long, hard, heartbreaking, challenging, and stretching. When there are complications, it is devastating; but when she's accomplished something she shouldn't be able to do, or couldn't do before...it is worth it! It is so, so worth it! Thank you for sharing in these last two years with us. For your prayers, good thoughts, encouragement, and love.
With God, ALL things are possible!
The Peterson's
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| right before surgery |
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| nothing beats daddy's arms |
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| first time standing post op, took over a week |
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| Learning to walk |
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| That ugly fixator looks beautiful when it matches! :-) |
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| First time seeing brother in almost 3 weeks after her first surgery. |
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