The last 21 months of your life have been nothing short of a roller coaster ride. From your birth day to your first nicu stay. From your bowel obstruction to your second nicu stay. From your pphn flare ups to your ASD repair. And from your most recent cardiology visit (no my evidence of pphn and a healthy heart!!!!!!) to today.... You continuously amaze not only your daddy and me, but the entire world! You have an unsurmountable amount of love, STRENGTH and courage!
You've been known for your O, Frankie. It's made you who you are. It's the only way we have all ever known you. So, to think, that tomorrow morning it will no longer be there is so strange. So bittersweet. To know that after tomorrow, all of your major medical concerns will be taken care of is unbelievable! To look at you the day you were born and then to look at you today, I never thought you'd be such a force! A force that has not only changed me but many, many other people! There are thousands of people, all around the world (from the US to Canada to France to Australia) praying for you! That think of you every single day!
Tomorrow is going to be a huge day for us all. It's going to be tough for me to see you down and out instead of running around, giving kisses, playing with choo choo's and asking endlessly for Elmo! I'm going to miss that for a couple of days but I know that it will all be worth it. I will be looking back at all of this one day in amazement.
So, hear me scream it out loud Frankie Michael... I love you! To the moon and back! You are my Tank, my force, my Buddha, my sugar beets. My EVERYTHING. And your father and I love you more than anything else in this world. We know that you will overcome this "small" hurdle just like you have everything else that's been thrown at you. I can't wait to see all that life offers you and what you make of it. You were obviously put here, on this Earth, to teach us all love and strength and many other things I look forward to discovering as you grow.
With ALL my love to you Frankie,
Mama
We are so happy....and excited for your family and for Frankie. We can't wait for you to join us! I know you will be busy, but if you go to the PICU afterwards, we are in room 15 and feel free to poke your head in if you have a free minute.
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