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.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

The World's Best OB And The Preacher's Kid



Dr. Virginia Nelson and Ethan on April 19, 2010.

Although no one could have ever imagined it then, this would be the last time they would see each other this side of Heaven.

One of our many fond memories with Dr. Nelson is the day she circumcised Ethan (a week or two before this picture was taken). She also circumcised two other baby boys that morning, and when she was done, she came out to talk to all the parents. When she got to us, she explained that Ethan was a "typical preacher's kid" with a big smile. She had needed to put a couple of stitches in because he would not stop bleeding, and he was only the third baby she had ever had to do that to. He was totally fine, of course, but leave it to the preacher's kid to misbehave! :)
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