Gavin
Gavin, a Trisomy 18 Angel Gavin Mark Reimer, my third son, was born August 23, 2016, at 37 weeks and 2 days and stayed earthside with us for 6 hour...
We knew that no matter how much time we got with Samuel, his life would be a testimony to the goodness of God. And we just counted ourselves blessed each and every day to have more time with him than we were ever promised. We knew we'd never give up, because of course, we longed to have as much time with him as possible! But we also knew that it was very likely--probable, in fact, that Samuel might not ever get to come home. Despite this heart wrenching knowledge, we prayed every day for a miracle. That he might get the surgery he needed and that his lung function would improve so that he might be weaned off of the ventilator.