We did not know of her “silent seizures” already happening even when sleeping. Her whole-lower-extremity Cellulitis (the bad kind of infection under the skin) came on suddenly and triggered a series of big-potentially deadly seizures which triggered her body dumping sodium which puts the whole-body vitals out of line. Medically a deadly perfect storm. You prayed, God said “not yet”.
She is home. Our Daughter is much better, still healing from infection and taking seizure medications full time from now on. Her life has changed. We aged a few years in the last couple weeks. Tania doesn’t remember much.
A Humongous (her word) thankyou from Tania to all of you who commented and walked with us. The interactive comments are a wealth of insight and caring from so many who have never met our daughter yet care so much. A short books-worth of good reading.
Going forward, my wife and I and one other helper will keep caring for Tania. A nurse and therapist will also make home visits for a while. I was asked if life was back to normal yet. I said “Yes, but normal has changed a lot”.
Meanwhile, we came home to frozen apples on the trees and peppers on the vine. The pears on the kitchen counter raised a crop of fruit flies. We had leftovers in the refrigerator growing new medicines?? sigh.
The sun still rises and sets and life goes on. Today is a good day (so far) and appreciating Life and so many caring people like you is overwhelmingly good. To watch God work through our daughter with others’ lives has been humbling as well. I will close with what Tania has concluded (again and again in her painful journey)
“If God can use my life of pain and my broken body to nudge just one person to alter their life to know God and change their eternal destiny, I will look back in eternity and say it was worth it. I know this in my head. Sometimes in the here and now, it just really hurts” (Tania).
Gary
I plan on deleting this post after a while, and continue on with life, writing about insights for living a good intentional life in this sometimes-crazy journey here and taking more outdoor pictures that display the beauty of the moment.
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I am so very sorry. Sending you all my love and prayers.
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Thank you, Cindy. Oh the turns and twists of life. Caring people, Good medical staff, prayer and knowing the presence of God make the hard times easier.
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I’m so behind on blog reading but am so thankful that I see that Tania is home. Oh, how hard it is to walk this path that you all are walking. But I am so thankful for your constant testimony of God’s faithfulness and His strength that upholds all of you. I am praying right now for you all.
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Thanks Patty. It is a hard path and so much prayer gets us through it. You know about hard paths as well. God is so much bigger than our struggles and He is with us always…I think given a choice I would opt for God to fix everything, but then we would have no choice. Prayer is good and God answers and stays true to his promises…. someday…heaven… seems far away but it’s not.
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Oh, heaven seems more wonderful the older and more tired I get. I hope I see updates you post on Tania and how she’s doing. We can pray for each other with a knowledge born of experience. Blessings to each of you!
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Tania is a wonderful girl, a gift from God. ❤
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That she is Anna. She is an amazing-brilliant person living in a very crippled-painful body.
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I was truly moved reading this journey. The love in your family feels so real, even when storms arrive without warning. This story shows that even small steps matter; hearts remain strong though bodies grow weak. Thank you for sharing such courage and honesty. May strength keep embracing each new day.
Perhaps God sends us gentle reminders of how precious breath and time are. We often forget that miracles come through smiles, prayers, and hands that keep holding on in the dark. Through Tania, there is a soft light inviting others to see life with renewed gratitude.
I can feel the hidden message of hope beating beneath your words — that a wounded life can still touch others deeply. Please keep writing this journey, because I believe God is working through your family. May every prayer be answered with peace, resilience, and unexpected joy.
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Thankyou so much for that encouragement Livora. We know from being pulled aside by complete strangers (mostly in hospitals) and sometimes hear whispers of others seeing God involved in our lives. They say things we are obvious to as we struggle getting beyond our circumstance. We struggle with the splashing of a big rock in the water as others see the waves nudging their minds and lives on course. It’s real, it’s painful and there is a surrender to “not my will but yours…” that allows threads of joy possibly seen, not understood but wished for by searching eyes
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Gary, thank you for sharing such a heartfelt reflection. I truly appreciate how you described the subtle ways God’s presence is seen through the struggles—those “threads of joy” that ripple quietly yet profoundly. Your honesty about surrender and the unseen work of God invites readers to pause and recognize grace even in the hardest moments.
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