An Amazing Story


Hey all - I don't link to many other blogs but this is one that I had to. I just realized that I have been praying for these guys for a while but have been very negligent in passing the story on and asking for prayer for the family.

Basically, "Confessions Of A CF Husband" is the blog of Nathan and Tricia. The blog was started as a journal of the incredible adventure Tricia has had with cystic fibrosis for most of her life. She has been in need of a double lung transplant for quite a while and Nathan has been chronicling the ride since Labor Day weekend last year.

Understandably, the blog had been about Tricia and everything involved with her journey with CF. Then the unbelievable happened. Tricia became pregnant. With everything else involved, their beautiful daughter, Gwyneth Rose was born 15+ weeks early. She has been a fighter from the word "go".

There is NO way I can put into words how moved I am by their story. A family of faith, there is no doubt their limits of that faith have been stretched in immeasurable ways. Just the thought of the video of Nathan holding Gwyneth (set to Matthew West's, "Safe and Sound") is enough to get me weepy (being the "emotional rock" that I am).

As of today, Gwyneth is being considered for movement out of the NCIU and Tricia may be able to get on the transplant list by February 4th! I encourage you to check out their blog and more importantly, keep them in your prayers.

In reality, they have been more of an encouragement to me than I doubt I will ever be to them...

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Anonymous said…
Wow, dude, you come across the most interesting people....people who are on life's journey finding the same bumps in the road that we all find. I sit and whine about my problems and then I read about people like this and I feel foolish. You are truely blessed to know them.
Odette
Sunday, February 03, 2008
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