On this the "Sunday Sabbath", I am asking all believers and nonbelievers alike to keep two special little girls in your prayers and thoughts.
Charlotte is a kindergartner who is fighting cancer for the second time. Initially diagnosed in October of 2206 with a tumor in her arm, Charlotte's cancer has metastasized in her lung. She is hoping to undergo a pneumonectomy (removal of the lung) soon. I know Charlotte and her family through an old playgroup affiliation. Erin, the mom, is a masseuse, and just recently underwent surgery herself for two benign tumors on her hip. Tumors I believe were caused by such horrible stress in her life.
Emma will be four next month and was diagnosed on Friday with a tumor on her thoracic spine. I watched Emma for over a year, and her mom is cousins with one of my best friends, Kelly. Emma has been in pain for almost her entire life, but a cause could never be determined. Not for lack of trying. Emma's mom and dad have had her in and out of doctors and hospitals for the past four years, always leaving without answers. It was a physical therapist who ordered the tests that finally discovered Emma's tumor. Surgery on the tumor (which they believe she's had her entire life) should be soon.
Please keep these sweet families in your thoughts and prayers. No one deserves to be sick, but nothing is more unjust when it is a child who is affected.
I will now return to potting flowers. Feeling blessed for another day.
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