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.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

I Love Daddy!


Ethan in Daddy's favorite shirt... May 24, 2010.


The mention of my child's name may bring tears to my eyes,

But it never fails to bring music to my ears.

If you are really my friend, let me hear the music of his name!

It soothes my broken heart and sings to my soul!

~Author Unknown~
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  1. AnonymousMay 20, 2011 at 9:50 AM

    Ethan is a beautiful name and he was a beautiful child sent from God for you to love.There was definitely a reason & a purpose for him to be here the length of time that he was.He blessed everyone in so many ways that we will never forget.He was precious.I will never forget his sweet smile and his precious face.It will be a wonderful reunion day seeing him,being rejoined with him in Heaven.I have an infant nephew there named Michael who only lived for 3 hours.I've never forgotten him,never will.You & family are precious to us Bryanne.Thank you for sharing all the sweet memories with us.LOVE you.**Jackie

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  2. BryanneMay 28, 2011 at 10:37 AM

    Jackie, your words are always so precious... they mean more than you can possibly know. Thank you for your love, and we love you so much!

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