VM-Part I

Most of you know that when Cade was born he was diagnosed with an hemangioma.  At the time we knew nothing about what that was or where this diagnosis would take us.  At two years of age Cade has been through alot...and overcome many obstacles and that is why he is called our "Little Warrior." Our family verse that is on our blog speaks volumes about the blessings and promises that He has given us through this journey. At times in our life we became complacent with the "roses"-the good things that life brings.. but it is through the "thorns" that we learn the most-to completely trust the Lord and know that He is going to do exceedingly more than we have ever expected. Thanking Him for the roses, but praising Him for the thorns.

 Since I am just beginning in blogger land, I wanted to share the story about our son and his special fingerprint from God.

As mentioned earlier, Cade was diagnosed with an hemangioma from birth.  He was treated several times with steroid injections into the eyelid to reduce the growth. At seven months Cade had his first surgery at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital to reduce the size of the lesion so it would not obstruct his vision.. I could do a post just on the hospital itself-AMAZING!! At this time he was diagnosed with a venous malformation which was way more complicated than an hemangioma. Cade's VM was on his eye, top and bottom eyelid, and orbit area. VM's are more complicated because they tend to grow with the child.  After the procedure, Cade made a quick recovery and we began looking for specialists in this area. My searching led me to a doctor in NYC.. a Dr. Milton Waner with the Vascular Birthmark Institute.. watch Discovery Health Channel sometime and you will see him. He is world-renown and I knew Cade needed to see him.. I contacted him by email and he sent me his cell number! Can you believe that? So rare, but so GOD! We scheduled a time to see him and began making plans to visit the big apple!  Stay tuned more to come!