Christopher's Journey

This year marks twentyone years of hospitals. He is remarkable. Christopher accepts everyday and makes the best of it. Always,he worries about others. Maybe this is our lesson, for those of us who know and will come to know Christopher; he is on a pathway and a journey. When Chris was born, he was visited everday by a nun named Sister Laura. She prayed over his bassinet. When we left the hospital she warned me that he was a special child and to "watch" him. I didn't think much about that conversation until Christopher was diagnosed with ALL,(leukemia), at 3 years old. The cancer ended but and he had a new road full of seizures, brain surgeries and progressive disabilities. When we were first told of the leukemia, I went back to St.Agnes Hospital to find Sister Laura; she had been transferred.
Throughout the pain and hard times, we meet and come in contact with special people that touch our lives. Christopher is leading the journey...by the Grace of GOD, and with his own laughter.

Journal

Friday, May 1, 2015 1:39 PM CDT

It is time to start again. The court case is over and the gag order is no more.
Christopher came back again. He learned to walk and swallow. He is out of a wheelchair. He looks good. His skull was rebuilt in 2010. By 2011, he was walking. He is damaged more; the disabilities are insidious and keep getting worse. The fall and subsequent damage hurt him, but he is now living in a good home with 5 other young men. He is happy. We are nearby. John won't leave him. His father is around. He misses Trish terribly- who now lives in Florida and his Grannie and Grandpa- they have moved too.

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