Say Some Prayers with Me?

Last updated on: March 9, 2017 at 5:17 pm by Calah Alexander

Say Some Prayers with Me? 2017-03-09T17:17:05-05:00 Calah Alexander

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Andrew and Cristina

I meant to post about this a few days ago. Two of my fellow contributors at Ignitum Today, Andrew and Cristina, are newly married, newly pregnant, and facing some pretty tough times. Their unborn daughter, Maria Isabella, has spina bifida. They were approved for the in-utero surgery developed by doctors at the Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia, and the surgery was successfully completed this morning.

However, this family is not out of the woods yet. The next two days, as Andrew says on their blog, are “are crucial in making sure that her (Cristina’s) contractions don’t lead to a necessary delivery.” Little Maria Isabella is just over 20 weeks, so it is extremely unlikely that she would survive outside the womb.

But it isn’t just the next two days that this couple needs to get through. Cristina will need to spend the remainder of her pregnancy in Philadelphia to be near the surgical team until delivery. The two of them need to find an affordable place for her to live while still managing to budget enough for Andrew to be able to commute to and from his job in New York City to his wife and daughter in Philadelphia. Neither Andrew nor Cristina have a car, so the two are facing a long, difficult few months apart.

When I was reading Andrew’s blog post about the whole situation to the Ogre on Saturday, he said, “Do you ever read things like that and then think to yourself, ‘Wow, I’m a gigantic whiner’?” At the time I was annoyed and nauseous, so I said, “No.”

But the truth is, even if I didn’t think it at the time, I’m thinking it now. The surgery itself is one thing, but the long separation afterward, with this young mother alone in a strange city, without her husband most of the time, that kills me. That would be the hardest part if I were going through it. God knows I whined enough about being separated from my husband last fall, and that was surrounded by family, with three healthy children, my own car to take me wherever my whiny heart desired, and free buddy passes from my aunts and uncles that allowed the Ogre to hop a plane once a month to come and see us.

So will you join me in saying a prayer or thinking positive thoughts or even clicking over to Andrew and Cristina’s blog and wishing them well? I’m sure they would appreciate it.

Uncategorized

Previous Post

March 13, 2012

An Oppressed Catholic Woman Shops for a Bra

Next Post

March 15, 2012 Some Medicine is Life-Saving

Browse Our Archives

Select a Category Uncategorized

Select a Month September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 April 2016 March 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010

TAKE THE

Religious Wisdom Quiz