re: Have you seen a loved one in a state that crushed you…

My daughter was born with a tethered spine. 12 hours old and she was transported to Children's Hospital in New Orleans. I was by her side for 70 of the 72 hours she was there. They did the surgery 6 months later. The day she was to be discharged she got a fever. They checked her and come to find out the bottom of her wound was infected internally. Did another surgery and she came out like a champ. But I was devastated seeing my 6 month old who couldn't let me know what was wrong or how she was feeling or even hold her for 3 days after the surgery.

Fast forward 2 years. I'm at work on just a normal Monday. My now ex-wife tells me the baby is anemic and she's going to need a blood transfusion. My boss looks at me and says "Man something is wrong you need to get there." I get there meet them in the waiting room. Laughing and playing and cutting up with my daughter, 15 minutes later they come in and tell us her blood work results are back and she's got Leukemia. It was everything I could do to hold myself together at that moment. For the next 30 days I would work during the day, go home shower go to the hospital and then go home and absolutely cry my eyes out and ask god why her, why not me? For 2 years life was rough watching my baby go through that. But she is done with treatments now and they will be removing her treatment port soon. I'm pretty sure the whole family took watching her go through the whole treatment process harder than she did. She was an absolute champ and would light up the hospital with her personality and the nurses and doctors loved when she would walk through the doors. They say god only gives his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers and I'm telling you now that is one strong little girl!