Perfect Match

*****PLEASE READ TODAY'S PREVIOUS POST 'THE JOURNEY HAS BEGUN', IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY***

(I was fortunate to be able to do some maternity portraits for Sarah, Nick, the boys, and sweet baby Haven this week. )
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I just read Sarah's latest update....the organs available are, in the doctor's words "a perfect match" so Angel will be going for his transplant in just a few hours....around 7pm. They have been preparing him all day (both physically and emotionally) and per Sarah, when the doctor came in to confirm that all systems were go, Angel became very quiet and heavily focused into his Nintendo DS. :( I have very few words to express the gravity of this day....only lots of tears, waiting and prayers. Sarah expressed in a previous update that while many families are excited/happy about transplant as it is a new lease on life, she and Nick are struggling to find peace about it all. In her words "...it is very, very hard to take your bouncing, sword fighting, energetic kid and hand him over to the doctors knowing that the next time you see him he will be intubated, wounded and very ill....". Of-course there is hope that he will make it through this better off, but they really are buying a whole new set of issues with this transplant. It just isn't cut and dry or a simple fix-it kind of thing.

Anyhow, I ask specifically now for prayer for a smooth, uneventful surgery (it will likely last between 8-12 hours) and for God's peace, grace, and comfort to be wrapped about Sarah and Nick tonight. Further still, Sarah is reeling from all this and is finding it difficult to image the moment of separation when she must watch her precious son wheeled down that hallway to to OR. Please, please pray for that moment and for her mommy heart to feel peaceful knowing that our Saviour has his arms wrapped around Angel through these dark hours. Lord....keep him safe.....