I had just returned from a few days away from home on business.
I was lively and cheerful, I had gained a bit of cash, that always makes people happy and gives a good mood to the most bad humored person.
Once again Liliana prepared a supper duper meal. And I was preparing myself for a great evening. A bit of dinner and a great flick. My oldest son wanted to see the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. That was music to my hears. I was preparing myself to open the DVD when our youngest starts having headaches, and vomited a bit as well. I'm the kind of person that goes to the hospital if someone drags me there. And if I am like that, so should my children be. Right? When I looked at Liliana's face, I realized she wanted to go to the hospital, wasting time again, to give him something that would calm Matthew's stomach, and say it was a virus. Suddenly he vomited again. At that moment I realized that something was not going well. I imagined the worst that time. For those who do not know I did volunteer work at the Oncology department for almost one year. Furthermore Liliana even made turbans for oncological patients. At that time I came to ask her if she thought God was trying to say something. Maybe because of that I thought the worst.
At the hospital they did a CAT scan. We got to the hospital at about 09 P.M. and at 01 A.M. the Told us the outcome of the CAT. Matthew had a brain injury. I remember thinking at the time: it's even worse than a tumor. He has a brain injury. I never imagined such a thing. Only after a few minutes I realized that the brain injury was the tumor.
When I found out it was a tumor I felt relieved. lol. Go figure. I do not know if it was because of this that I have dealt so well with the whole situation.
Matthew was hospitalized that day because of the seriousness of the situation.
The tumor was in the cerebellum and had to be removed quickly, the vomiting was a sign that it was already too much pressure on the brain organs.
That day I slept with Matthew, who had a peaceful night.
He is a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful baby. I remember thinking that day: how can something so beautiful have another problem like this?
I thought deafness was enough. I quickly realized that this way of thinking is the human way of thinking and seeing things. I look sideways and see people in their happy and cheerful life, like it is nothing. No worries. This is the way we see things.
God has a completely different way. God strengthens us in our weakness, gives us strength in times of tribulation. Many people say they do not believe in God, but when the plane rushes quickly to the ground, I do not believe there is anyone who does not ask God to help you. Then atheists fly out the window. Only in those moments we are willing, to realize that nothing we can do, changes, certain situations that overpower us.
In this blog I will tell you a little of everything. Updates on how Matthew's doing, the kind of diet we are going to follow to help him recover and most of all I will tell you what reassures me in the middle of all this. That's the POWER of God. The meaning of the name Matthew is: Gift of God. This means that Matthew is the gift of God in our lives. God has a plan for the life of Matthew and I have no doubts that I can't even imagine how spectacular that plan his.
We are here to find out TOGETHER. May God bless you richly.
I was lively and cheerful, I had gained a bit of cash, that always makes people happy and gives a good mood to the most bad humored person.
Once again Liliana prepared a supper duper meal. And I was preparing myself for a great evening. A bit of dinner and a great flick. My oldest son wanted to see the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. That was music to my hears. I was preparing myself to open the DVD when our youngest starts having headaches, and vomited a bit as well. I'm the kind of person that goes to the hospital if someone drags me there. And if I am like that, so should my children be. Right? When I looked at Liliana's face, I realized she wanted to go to the hospital, wasting time again, to give him something that would calm Matthew's stomach, and say it was a virus. Suddenly he vomited again. At that moment I realized that something was not going well. I imagined the worst that time. For those who do not know I did volunteer work at the Oncology department for almost one year. Furthermore Liliana even made turbans for oncological patients. At that time I came to ask her if she thought God was trying to say something. Maybe because of that I thought the worst.
At the hospital they did a CAT scan. We got to the hospital at about 09 P.M. and at 01 A.M. the Told us the outcome of the CAT. Matthew had a brain injury. I remember thinking at the time: it's even worse than a tumor. He has a brain injury. I never imagined such a thing. Only after a few minutes I realized that the brain injury was the tumor.
When I found out it was a tumor I felt relieved. lol. Go figure. I do not know if it was because of this that I have dealt so well with the whole situation.
Matthew was hospitalized that day because of the seriousness of the situation.
The tumor was in the cerebellum and had to be removed quickly, the vomiting was a sign that it was already too much pressure on the brain organs.
That day I slept with Matthew, who had a peaceful night.
He is a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful baby. I remember thinking that day: how can something so beautiful have another problem like this?
I thought deafness was enough. I quickly realized that this way of thinking is the human way of thinking and seeing things. I look sideways and see people in their happy and cheerful life, like it is nothing. No worries. This is the way we see things.
God has a completely different way. God strengthens us in our weakness, gives us strength in times of tribulation. Many people say they do not believe in God, but when the plane rushes quickly to the ground, I do not believe there is anyone who does not ask God to help you. Then atheists fly out the window. Only in those moments we are willing, to realize that nothing we can do, changes, certain situations that overpower us.
In this blog I will tell you a little of everything. Updates on how Matthew's doing, the kind of diet we are going to follow to help him recover and most of all I will tell you what reassures me in the middle of all this. That's the POWER of God. The meaning of the name Matthew is: Gift of God. This means that Matthew is the gift of God in our lives. God has a plan for the life of Matthew and I have no doubts that I can't even imagine how spectacular that plan his.
We are here to find out TOGETHER. May God bless you richly.
Tinha acabado de regressar de alguns dias fora de casa, em trabalho.
Estava animado e bem disposto, tinha ganho algum carcanhol que faz
sempre falta e dá boa disposição aos mais mal dispostos.
Uma vez mais a Liliana caprichou no jantar. E estava a preparar-me para
uma noite como eu tanto gosto. Um jantarzinho e uma filmaça. O meu filho mais
velho queria ver as tartarugas ninja e para mim isso era musica. Estava a
preparar-me para abrir o DVD, quando o mais
novo começa com dores de cabeça, e vomitou um bocadito. Bem eu sou o tipo
de pessoa que só apareço no hospital se me arrastarem até lá.E como eu sou
assim acho que os meus filhos deveriam seguir as minhas pisadas. Certo?
Quando olhei para a cara da Liliana, logo percebi que ia querer ir ao
hospital, perder tempo mais uma vez, para lhe darem uma porcaria qualquer que
acalma-se o estômago do Matthew e dizerem que era uma virose. De repente ele
vomitou novamente. Nesse momento percebi que algo não estava nada bem. Imaginei
o pior naquele momento. Para quem não sabe eu fiz trabalho voluntário no IPO
durante praticamente 1 ano. Para além disso a Liliana chegou a fazer turbantes
para doentes oncológicos. Nessa altura cheguei a perguntar-lhe se achava que
Deus nos estava a tentar dizer alguma coisa. Se calhar por isso pensei no pior.
No hospital foi preciso fazer uma TAC. Entramos ás 21h e por volta da
01h a Dra. informou-nos do resultado da TAC. O Matthew tinha uma lesão no cérebro. Lembro-me de pensar naquele
momento: ainda é pior que um Tumor. Tem uma lesão cerebral. Nunca imaginei tal
coisa. Só passados alguns minutos percebi que lesão cerebral era o tumor.
Quando descobri que era um tumor senti-me aliviado. lol. Vá-se lá
entender isto. Nem sei se foi por causa disso que tenho lidado tão bem com toda
a situação.
O Matthew ficou internado nesse dia devido à
gravidade da situação.
O tumor era no cerebro e tinha que ser removido rapidamente pois os vómitos
eram sinal de que já estava a exercer muita pressão sobre os órgãos cerebrais.
Nesse dia fiquei a dormir com o Matthew que passou uma noite pacifica.
Ele é um bebé lindo lindo lindo. Lembro-me de pensar nesse
dia: como é possível uma coisinha tão linda ter mais este problema?
Achava que a surdez era o suficiente. Rapidamente percebi que esta forma
de pensar é a forma humana de pensar e ver as coisas. Olhar para o lado e ver
as pessoas à nossa volta felizes e alegres como se nada fosse. Sem preocupações.
Isto é a nossa forma de ver as coisas.
Deus tem uma forma
completamente diferente. Deus
fortalece-nos na nossa fraqueza, da-nos força nos momentos de tribulação.
Muitas pessoas dizem que não acreditam em Deus, mas no momento em que o avião
vai a pique e se precipita rapidamente para o solo, não me acredito que não haja
ninguém que não peça a Deus que o ajude. Nessa altura os ateus voam pela janela
fora. Só nesses momentos estamos dispostos a perceber que nada conseguimos fazer para ultrapassar certas situações da nossa vida.
Neste blog vou falar-vos de tudo um pouco. Da situação do Matthew, do tipo de alimentação que vamos fazer para o
ajudar a recuperar e acima de tudo vou falar-vos do que me tranquiliza no meio
de tudo isto que é o PODER de Deus.
O significado do nome Matthew é:
Dom de Deus. Quer isto dizer que o Matthew é o dom de Deus nas nossas
vidas. Deus tem um plano para a vida do Matthew e eu não tenho qualquer duvida
que eu nem sequer consigo imaginar o quão espetacular é esse plano.
Estamos aqui para descobrir
isso JUNTOS. Que Deus vos abençoe ricamente.
Convosco recuperei o hábito de rezar antes de me deitar, agradecendo. MUITO OBRIGADA!
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