Our Precious Ethan Carter

Ethan Carter Lane was born on March 12, 2010, perfectly healthy except for a rare congenital heart defect (Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis and Supravalvular Pulmonic Stenosis) that has been passed down through the generations in my family. His sister, Emily (born November 22, 2004), has the same defect. She had two cardiac catheterizations with balloon angioplastys and open-heart surgery, all before the age of one. She is a happy, energetic little girl who has never been sickly (you would never even know she has a heart defect) and has an incredible future. Her little brother Ethan was expected to follow a similar course. He was a "normal baby"... he never looked or acted sick, never struggled, never let us know just how severe his heart defect really was. On June 4, 2010, at two months and three weeks of age, Ethan underwent his first procedure--- a cardiac catheterization with balloon angioplasty. Only they never started the actual procedure. When someone is put under general anesthesia, their blood pressure drops. When the doctors put our precious Ethan under, his heart could not handle the drop in blood pressure. He went into sudden, unexpected cardiac arrest, and teams of doctors tried everything they knew to save him. But, Jesus did the saving that day in His Own special way... and Ethan went to live forever in Heaven. This blog is simply one mother working through her grief and reconciling a Loving God with One Who allows us to suffer the loss of a child. It is also one mother wanting the world to know about her incredibly special son--- and the God Who loves him.

Friday, October 29, 2010

Ethan's Marker Is Almost Complete!

Ethan's new picture arrived about two weeks ago, and it is beautiful!

For those of you who read an earlier post, you might remember me mentioning that the picture on the right side of the marker was going to be replaced (we didn't like how it had turned out--- they put a black background behind it which required them to make some other changes, and it just didn't look like our Ethan).

I would like to take this opportunity to say that we love Paula, the manager at the cemetery and the one we purchased everything through... she has been such a blessing to us! We know we are probably high maintenance. :)

Now, all we are waiting for is the custom granite (it will be black and have Ethan's very own handprints and footprints etched into it)!

By the way, Emily adores cleaning her Little Brother's "special place"... she begs for the brush every day!




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