We Have This Hope

             "We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure."

Hebrews 6:19

      So much has happened...so much that I have needed to let sit in my heart and lay before the Lord. I know that some have been asking, thank you for giving us time.

    We have a plan, it is a good one. It is a hard one....and yet I am bursting to share what the Lord has done!

We spent the first night in a hotel with Miss Georgia and just spent time loving her, playing with her, cuddling her and playing round after round of 'Two Truths and a Lie Pokemon Style'...seriously, the girl knows her Pokemon facts!

She soaked up every second of it and so did we.

Hitting the pool at way past bedtime...

Up bright and early for the first plane flight she remembers!

Even though she knew exactly why we were going, she was all smiles all day long. Even on the way back when we had to run to catch our flight she said, "Mama, now I get to be like one of those people in the movies who runs to catch a flight!"

Trusty Mei-Mei was by her side the whole way.

"Mama I can't wait until we blast off!"

Seeing the tops of clouds for the first time

Rocking the giant paper shorts

This is where the amazing part starts....we absolutely loved the CHLA team, Dr. Goldstein told Georgia right off the bat "Georgia, you are the star of this show, what questions do you have?" She let her choose whether to stay and hear about surgery, to which Georgia chose to stay. Dr. Goldstein proceeded to explain everything in a detailed way that Georgia could understand but without any scary words. 

One of the first thing she said was, "You know that Georgia's popping hips have nothing to do with hip dysplasia right? That is her tendons popping."

The popping has nothing to do with what is wrong with her hips! Yet had her hips not started popping, we would never have had even the slightest reason to x-ray those hips and find the dysplasia. 

We asked what would have happened if we hadn't found the problem now....the answer, we probably wouldn't have until there was irreparable damage or her hips got to the point of an accidental dislocation which would have torn muscles and ligaments.

Do you get that? Her hips started popping at a point when her heart is functioning  'near normally' and there is NO damage in her hips!

What started the popping? Only the Lord knows. 

The plan....

Georgia will be having a Triple Pelvic Osteotomy on her left hip on Sept. 26th. We will be in Los Angeles for 2 weeks. She will be in a wheelchair/walker for 6 weeks. 4-6 months later she will have surgery on her right hip. To do both at once would be a 10-11 hour surgery and too dangerous for her heart.

BUT

That is not all. This morning I started working on how to fly her home and avoid the 16 mile rutted dirt road to camp.

I called Life Flight, they said they couldn't do it.

I called Angel Flight, they said it would be $10,000

They suggested we start calling Fire Departments to see if they could do something.

It felt super helpless.

I drove out the road today and wept.

I prayed and told God that I surrendered my little girl, that I trusted that He could open the door but if He didn't, I would trust driving back in with her.

3 hours later....

I get a text from Doug,

"Got us air transport"

What???

"Redmond or Portland to the Ranch. It is the ideal guy to do this. Check your email."

Doug has a co-worker,

who has a plane,

a 6 seater plane,

and is on Angel Flight's pilot list,

who has enough flight hours to qualify to land at the Ranch,

who is willing to fly her home for free!

Oh and he has transported wheelchair bound people before,

the plane happens to have the perfect doors for it.

I can't stop crying happy tears...

...and that happened hours ago!

I don't know why we have to walk this road.

I can't understand why our daughter has to go through this,

but I have no doubt Who

will carry us through.

"We will sing, to our souls

We won't bury our hope

Where He leads us to go

There's a red sea road

When we can't see the way

He will part the waves

And We'll never walk alone

Down the red sea road."

Ellie Holcomb Red Sea Road

*** Yes, Zeke does have some stuff going on with his heart. I will update when we know more but would love your prayers.***