About me: December 21 6:18 AM to December 23 7:45 PM 2007 on earth. 5lbs 1oz 17.5 inches @ 34 weeks gestation.**Forever in my heart...cradled in the Saviour's arms. ** Professional pictures posted on this page taken by Amy Lawrence Photography, Brandon, SD, shortly after Jaret's departure ** Amy, we thank you for these beautiful pictures.**
**Jaret is God's baby. I was honored to carry him to life. I do not regret for one moment carrying him and NOT aborting him. No matter what the diagnosis of a pregnancy abortion is murder! I am not God. The doctors are not God. The ventilators are not God. He has the final say on life. **
God, the author and finisher of life, received Jaret...Please don't cry- an angel carried me to Heaven- love Jaret... Jaret had been using his lungs (in fact, Dec 22 Jaret's vent had been turned down and there was talk of flying him to Omaha) and then he just wouldn't breath on his own at all. He was on 100% life support. I had been in much prayer about this. Even with 100% ventilator he kept desaturating. His oxygen level just kept going down and his heart rate dropped to 18 beats per minute. We never removed the ventilator until he had already departed. Until the end we would not make any decisions unless they were life sustaining. (The only thing we did stop was the bagging and suctioning. At that point there was no purpose in continuing. We were at peace and knew that the Lord was in control.) I was able to hold him the last three hours or so of his life on earth. I am sad for now, but Jaret is not in pain now. He was so broken and beautiful. Very broken little person. The Trisomy 13 ravaged his body. He is perfect now. **
Thanks to all who have been praying. We don't understand God's ways, but He know what's best. We stood in faith and prayed in faith. The rest is up to God. ** Love did all that love could do. We did not torture Jaret by the decisions that we made. We made the best decisions based on the information that we were given at the time and had to make new decisions as Jaret's stats changed. We did not know on Dec 21, the day of his birth, that Jaret would only live two and a half days on the earth. God is the true author and finisher of life. **
All our days are written in His book before even one of them come to pass.
1 Samuel 1:27-28 "I prayed for this child, and the Lord granted me what I asked of him. So now I give him to the Lord. For his whole life he will be given over to the Lord."
Please visit http://livingwithtrisomy13.org for more information on LIVING with Trisomy 13.
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