Healing Hands and Faithful Hearts: Emmaus’ Journey After Surgery

Here he is! Our beautiful & handsome boy, Emmaus. It has been four months of the hardest works of healing for us all.

Gloria, the cheerleader; truly, always ever a spring of joy, especially on the darkest of days.

Mommy, our guardian; endlessly devoted, deeply compassionate, & always wrapping us in love & care.

Daddy, the anchor; the shoulders of whom we have all cried on & whose same shoulders so carefully carry the weight.

And Emmaus, the champion; patient & focused through all kinds of bruising, swelling, & recovery protocols—like tolerating the applications of ointment into his eyes (multiple times a day!), refraining from bathing (a highlight of his days) for nearly two months, or cheering us all up when a stranger comments & Emmaus interjects with pride: “Emmaus healing!” followed by a very proud display of his new ability to blink.

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Emmaus’ long-anticipated “BPES” surgery challenged us all in ways expected & unexpected. In truth, it was harder than we ever could have imagined. We’ve grieved through the many, many layers of pain, sadness, trauma, loss, & fear. Yet, we are so thankful for our boy’s will to persevere—even thrive—through the long recovery following the operation in July. Our Emmaus can now see with a full range of vision.

Thank you to Dr. Medel & his team in Malaga for their unbelievable skill & support in such a specialized field. Truly miraculous what they are able to accomplish.

So many cheers for Emmaus & the community that has helped us through the thick of the healing experience. & thank you to the HUNDREDS of people who prayed for Emmaus & for us. The morning after Emmaus’ surgery, still completely bandaged, we told Emmaus that lots of people were praying for him & he said, “I heard them!” & so did all of heaven, I am certain.

The full healing will take about a year before all the redness has disappeared completely. It is with time & the hands of Jesus that we all will be made new.

Emmaus Love, every day of your life, you have been perfect. Perfect then, perfect now. We love you.