Friday, August 12, 2011

A Heart Full of Love*



Our Drakie was a bit of a grouch when he was first born. His newborn photos have the same, scrunched up facial expression. 


Get off my lawn!


Once Drake began to smile, however, his entire face changed. His sweet, toothless, open-mouthed smile lights up his face, and our world. This baby smiles ALOT. He is a happy boy. 


Hello, World!


His heart, no doubt, is full of love. Love for his family, ESPECIALLY his Big Brother Luke, who Drake already idolizes. Full of love for his toys, for his special blanket, for outside. He loves to eat, loves to be tickled, loves to be read to and cuddled with. His heart is truly full of love.
But it is not full.
Drake was born with a hole in his heart that we hoped would heal with time. During his April cardiology visit, we were told the hole is too big to close on its own, and Drake's heart was working too hard to cope with the hole for us to leave it alone. He needs surgery, we were told. Open-heart surgery to repair the hole. To make it physically full, the way it is already emotionally full.
His operation is this Monday, August 15th. Please keep our Drae-Drae in your thoughts next week. If you're the praying type, please send some his way. We'll be in the hospital all week with him while our loving family takes turns being entertained by Luke's company. 
The doctors and surgeons have assured us that this is what they do, this is what is routine to them. But it's a nightmare for us. So maybe say a prayer for Rich and me too.
We can't wait for this to all be behind us, for Drake's beautiful heart to be full, in every way.
                   xoxo, Momma Lioness Michele
* Big props to those that recognize where this line is from!

2 comments:

Bridget said...

Praying for y'all and for the medical staff as well. Xoxo

Momma Lioness Michele said...

Thank you B - we appreciate it! xoxo