HI EVERYONE! I AM TAKING SOME TIME TO RECONNECT TO THE FAMILY AND GET OUT OF THE HOUSE FOR SOME SUNSHINE INDUCED VITAMIN D... I HAVE SOMEONE THOUGH THAT I CHECK ON EVERYDAY. MY FRIEND DAVE, OR ICEMAN AS HE IS KNOWN HERE ON THE 360 INTRODUCED ME TO.. MEET TILLMAN CHESNEY.. HE IS 11 MONTHS OLD THIS WEEKEND, AND HE HAS NEVER LEFT THE HOSPITAL FROM HIS BIRTH.. HE WAS BORN WITH A DEFECTIVE HEART VALVE AND HAS BEEN AWAITING A TRANSPLANT.. THAT DAY CAME AT THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY, AND THE TRANSPLANT TOOK PLACE.. HE IS DOING FAIRLY WELL..
ABOUT A WEEK AFTER THE TRANSPLANT, THEY WERE TOLD THAT TILLMANS GRANDFATHER HAS LIVER CANCER.. TERMINAL.. BUT HE IS A FIGHTER ALSO, AND IS SEEING IMPROVEMENT WITH SOME CHEMOTHERAPY, BUT IS TOO ILL TO GO AND SEE HIS GRANDSON..
TILLMAN IS AT THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA.. HE HAS DEVELOPED AN INFECTION, AND HIS LUNG HAS COLLAPSED... AIR HAS TRANSFERRED INTO HIS CHEST CAVITY ...
I AM ASKING FOR YOUR PRAYERS.. FOR THESE PEOPLE I HAVE MENTIONED... WHEN I READ DAVES BLOG AND FOUND THIS LITTLE GUY, I FELL IN LOVE..
I HAVE A MATERNAL INSTINCT TOWARD TILLMAN, ALMOST AS IF HE WERE MY OWN.. GOD HAS PUT ME IN THIS PLACE TO PRAY AND TO ASK EVERYONE I KNOW TO PRAY..
IT IS A MIRACLE.. PLAIN AND SIMPLE THAT HE IS ALIVE.. AND THE THOUGHTS THAT HE MIGHT NOT GROW UP TO BE THE WONDERFUL PERSON HE WILL BE IS ALMOST MORE THAN I CAN STAND..
SO PLEASE I AM ASKING FOR YOUR HEARTS TO OPEN UP AND LET TILLMAN IN!
HE HAS TAUGHT ME THAT GOD IS THERE, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE NOT SEEN OR HEARD FROM HIM IT SEEMS IN A LONG TIME..
I SEE HIM, STANDING WITH THIS FAMILY, AND I SEE HIM MOSTLY IN THE EYES OF THIS CHILD.. WHO KNOWS NEITHER GOOD NOR EVIL.. WHO HAS PROBABLY KNOWN NOTHING BUT PAIN, HIS ENTIRE LITTLE LIFE, YET IS STILL FIGHTING SO HARD TO LIVE...
PLEASE, PRAY FOR TILLMAN...PLEASE PRAY FOR THE DONOR FAMILY.... PLEASE PRAY FOR TILLMANS GRANDFATHER, AND PLEASE PRAY FOR TILLMANS MOM AND DAD.. THEY ARE WONDERFUL PEOPLE...
THE IMAGINATION DOES NO JUSTICE PROBABLY, TO THE REALITY OF THE PAIN OF LOSS FROM THE DONOR CHILDS FAMILY.. GOD HELP US TO NEVER KNOW THIS KIND OF PAIN AND FEAR.. BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD GO I.. MEANS SOMETHING MORE THAN WORDS TO ME NOW..
I KNOW WE ARE ALL NOT IN THE SAME BELIEF, AS TO THE WAY WE WORSHIP AND GIVE PRAISE TO GOD, BUT IT IS THE SAME GOD..
HE DOES NOT SEE ANYTHING OTHER THAN OUR HEARTS, AND I KNOW ALL OF MY FRIENDS HAVE HUGE HEARTS WITH A CAPACITY FOR AN OUTPOURING OF PRAYER ON TILLMANS, AND THE OTHERS BEHALF, THAT WILL BE HEARD.. PLEASE DO SO FOR THEM!
I THANKYOU IN ADVANCE BECAUSE I KNOW YOU WILL.. AND I LOVE YOU ALL FOR IT..AND SO DOES THE LORD OUR GOD! log onto www.carepages.com create an account which is free and when you get on to locate Tillmans page type in "TLCHEART" you will be sent updates on his progress.
lockerridge