A Special Angel

Nine years ago yesterday a special angel was born. His name is William. And no, I wasn’t there when he was born so I can’t swap labor and delivery stories. But if you want, I can tell you about a phone call we got a few months down the road asking if this little baby could become part of our family at another time.

Today, there’s no time to focus on William’s birthday since he’s been scheduled for surgery on Wednesday. This will be William’s 3rd medical procedure since the fall (and I hope the last for a while). William routinely wakes up during the night. And we’ve gotten all kinds of advice on how to handle this. But sometimes your guts instinct tells you differently.

Last week William had a sleep study and the results would be shared in about two weeks. Friday evening when we received the call from the ENT’s nurse, we knew something was amiss. William has severe sleep apnea and needs surgery as soon as possible like next Wednesday. His body wakes him up during the night so he can breathe.

So now we prepare the best we can - the ‘to do’ list is long and we pray. Pray William doesn’t sense our tension. He’s very good at reading people. Pray surgery goes well and he has a speedy recovery. Pray this resolves the sleep apnea.

Wednesday, we will take our special angel and entrust him to God’s angels to keep watch over him and we will pray.