Prayers for Chrystal

The following is a prayer request from a mother for her little one. Please keep Chrystal in your prayers until the Lord brings her and her family safely through this difficult time. Phyllis has also sent this beautiful, heart-felt poem that she wrote "Angel Wings". Please enjoy it and spread the word and let's all join together to form a circle of prayers for "our" little Chrystal. God Bless you Chrystal and we pray you're better soon!

Hi everyone,

I have a very special request. My little one is to have a broncoscopy Friday (11/7). She was born 4 mos early, the baby of a crack and coke mom, she had a cyst on her bronchial tree which was removed when 2 mos old, at 7 mos the
bronchial tree collapsed for scar tissue and we almost lost her. The surgeons did an expermential surgery that had never been done in USA on one so little ( she weighed 9 lbs). One of the surgeons had to fly to Canada to talk to doctors and find out how to do the surgery. Canada had done 12--8 were a success-4 died-none had been done on a baby. She came through the surgery fine, and has been great for 2 yrs, but now scar tissue is once again threatening to block the airway, and the stint they put in cannot be removed without opening her up, which is EXTREMELY dangerous.

We are adopting her in Jan. She is the love of our life. I wrote this poem today and would like to ask all of you to please, say a prayer for her.

Thank You Phyllis

Angel Wings

As I set at my table and watch her;
This little one of mine,
I see the angel wings
In which she is entwined.

No they are not visable;
They were sent by God above.
She is a chosen one,
Sent for us to love.

As she spills her bowl of cereal,
and it rolls across the floor;
I don't scream and yell,
I am thankful all the more!

She bends and picks it up,
What a wonderful sight!
I remember back to the start,
And oh! What a fright!

She was so tiny;
Had such a bad start;
Sent to us by God,
She stole our heart!

Her life hung by a thread,
Each day a little worse;
She was so happy,
I never knew such hurt.

But angels were surrounding her,
and God was looking down;
He was the great Protector;
An answer would be found.

The doctors put their heads together,
They thought and thought some more;
But then they turned to the One,
Who could open the door.

They asked God for his guidence,
For knowledge, For skill;
He answered them quickly,
They were ready to do His Will.

He sent one out of the country,
On a hurried flight;
He had new things to learn,
For it must be done just right.

The operation was new,
Never done before.
Once more they ask God,
And he opened the door.

He guided their hands,
He was with them all the way,
The operation a success,
She is proof of that today.

She chatters, she runs;
Never still for a minute.
If there is a mess, you can bet;
She will be in it.

But we don't care,
For a joy is she.
We love her a lot,
Our daughter to be!

But once more,
We stand at the door,
A problem has developed
For which no answer appears,
But God will find a way,
His Will, will be done

The doctors will meet,
Discuss and seek;
To figure a way,
Her life to complete.

I know she has angels,
Surrounding her here;
God knows how very,
much she is a dear.

On God I will rely,
to see us through;
But your prayers are needed!
So pray, Please do!!

The following message was sent 11/7:

Hi Everyone,

Well, we are home from the hospital and it was NOT good news. The airway is narrowing and the heart is starting to shift to the right. This means air is going into the lung, but once again it is not coming out. This is what happened 2 years ago when we almost lost her. The doctors are going to set a surgery date and call me next week. They are going to "try" to stretch the stint. If that doesn't work, they may have to put a bigger one in. She will spend at least 1 day in ICU IF everything goes ok.
Right now she is not in any distress, just some mild wheezing. She will have to be watched closely.

Please keep her in your prayers.

Thank You Phyllis

Update Friday...Nov. 21st: Chrystal is doing ok. She is to have surgery on Dec 5th. I will let everyone know as soon as I can how it went.

Thank you for all the prayers....Phyllis

Update Monday...Nov. 24th: The hospital called today and changed her surgery date to Dec 10th, I am
not real happy about it. She has an appointment to be seen on the 1st, so it may change again.

Thanks for all the prayers.

Happy Thanksgiving. Phyllis

I will continue to keep you posted on Chrystal's progress. Thank you so much for all of your prayers and encouragement. You can contact Phyllis at her e-mail address.

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