Thomas Jay Basketball January 2010

Seven years ago on the 27th of February, Thomas, my 7-1/2 year old, went through open heart surgery, for a condition called Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). I went 8 months before that cursing the Lord and blaming God for doing this to my child, yelling and cussing at the Lord for punishing my child for my mistakes. And then, that day of surgery came, and I asked for forgiveness and asked Him to protect and watch over Thomas for me, and He did.

Thomas came through the surgery with flying colors. There were some bumpy roads along the way, like him going through drug withdrawals from all the medications he was on and incompetent people scaring me so much that I almost passed out, but Thomas made it through it all and so did I.

Two years later, we had to watch Thomas get cut from the other side. as he had back surgery to repair his congenital scoliosis, which without it, my spunky 7-1/2 year old would most likely be paralyzed and in a wheelchair today. But instead, he plays baseball and basketball and runs around like a crazy little boy. AMAZING!

Thomas has a slit on his chest and on his back and is the most caring, PERFECT, little boy a mother could ever ask for, and an amazing big brother. To this day, I know that Thomas is the reason I was brought to the Lord. Thomas is the reason that I changed my ways and walked away from certain people and certain situations and lots of stupidity. Thomas saved me, in turn brought me to the Lord. And everyday I hold onto that.