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Baby Ruby Gardenhire (19 months) was diagnosed with a Posterior Fossa Brain Tumor on 11-9-18.
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From Jessie + Cale (Mom & Dad):
We noticed in October that she was a little clumsy and wobbly, but over the past two weeks we noticed it was getting worse. By the time of our appointment on Friday 11/9, she was barely able to walk independently without support or falling over.
Doctors’ office, children’s clinic ER, waiting, CT scan, more waiting, world shattering news. The kind where you keep a brave face as best you can for your child, and then go to the bathroom and wail and heave and cry out to the Lord.
No, it is not a small tumor, but yes there are many successful treatments out there. She will have surgery to remove the tumor on Tuesday, 11-13-18.
Of course we are devastated and have sobbed into pillows and shoulders and into phones more than I’d care to over the past few days. We are terrified, but find comfort in knowing there is no safer place be than in the sovereign and powerful hand of the Almighty God we have worshiped since childhood. I was reminded by a dear friend that God is not an instigator, but with His authority and power He uses trials to draw us nearer to Him, and allows us to depend on Him in situations that seem out of control. I am clinging to this now and will ask for faith to do so even when this path seems impossible to finish well.
“Whatever my lot, thou has taught me to say, it is well, it is well with my soul.”
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Friends and family would ask you to join us in supporting this wonderful family during this time of need. The costs of being in a hospital and away from home for an extended period of time can be overwhelming. Let's join together to bless them and alleviate the worry of finances while they spend their energy loving on their baby!
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From Jessie + Cale (Mom & Dad):
We noticed in October that she was a little clumsy and wobbly, but over the past two weeks we noticed it was getting worse. By the time of our appointment on Friday 11/9, she was barely able to walk independently without support or falling over.
Doctors’ office, children’s clinic ER, waiting, CT scan, more waiting, world shattering news. The kind where you keep a brave face as best you can for your child, and then go to the bathroom and wail and heave and cry out to the Lord.
No, it is not a small tumor, but yes there are many successful treatments out there. She will have surgery to remove the tumor on Tuesday, 11-13-18.
Of course we are devastated and have sobbed into pillows and shoulders and into phones more than I’d care to over the past few days. We are terrified, but find comfort in knowing there is no safer place be than in the sovereign and powerful hand of the Almighty God we have worshiped since childhood. I was reminded by a dear friend that God is not an instigator, but with His authority and power He uses trials to draw us nearer to Him, and allows us to depend on Him in situations that seem out of control. I am clinging to this now and will ask for faith to do so even when this path seems impossible to finish well.
“Whatever my lot, thou has taught me to say, it is well, it is well with my soul.”
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Friends and family would ask you to join us in supporting this wonderful family during this time of need. The costs of being in a hospital and away from home for an extended period of time can be overwhelming. Let's join together to bless them and alleviate the worry of finances while they spend their energy loving on their baby!
Organizer and beneficiary
Cale Gardenhire
Beneficiary