Valerie Parks

I woke up to a world missing someone who showed me, perhaps more than any other human being, what it meant to love and be loved. If I could love him this much as his father, how much more does my heavenly Father love me? He gave us the greatest gift in giving us our son, Gus. "If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!" Matt. 7:11 There are no more prayers to say for Gus. His fight is over. But others still have a long fight ahead of them. Please pray for other children you learn of who are on this difficult journey - other children with heart and kidney issues. Like Gus, they need help, they need hope, and they need love. Blessed be the name of the Lord.

Friends, we're going into the night uncertain as to what it may bring. It is likely that internal bleeding from the cath procedure is the culprit. Unfortunately, all the trauma has caused significant coagulopathy, and so for now, the best option is to replace blood and clotting factors, pray for some improvement and wait for greater stability - at which point we can be more aggressive. Please pray for Gus' comfort, for his bleeding to stop, for solutions to become evident, and for complications to be minimal. We still don't know the real extent of the damage. Please pray for us to have strength for Gus and that we'd have wisdom to make hard decisions, trusting God with the outcomes. Pray for our shattered hearts. Pray for our team as they work tirelessly through the night to keep Gus alive. Thank you friends.