It was the perfect space for a teenage boy. $10.49. DOWNLOAD: Travis Greene “While I’m Waiting” Ft. Chandler Moore. The popular song is a celebration of the holiday season that quickly puts the listener in the mood for Christmas. There are dates and events that, no matter how old you are, you can look back on and remember - Homecoming is definitely one of these events! It was a win-win for all of us. That was all the motivation I needed! Either way, their refusal to join with me in my laughter made me laugh even more. We met with the staff upon our arrival and were directed to TJ’s new room. A very large heart stained glass window is located on the second floor of the Rochester Ronald McDonald House. After a bad surgical outcome which resulted in 2-½ weeks in the hospital in Des Moines with two respiratory failures, a Life Flight trip to Mayo Clinic that resulted in a 7-month hospitalization with another respiratory failure that very easily could have ended in death, and four more surgeries, the mini fridge never crossed our minds again…until one day when TJ was in the general pediatric floor in the Francis Building at St. Mary’s Hospital. This means that if you purchase a product from one of these links, myself or another blogger may earn a commission. TJ’s Myasthenia Gravis tests came back negative. TJ was the compliant younger child, and Chandler was the bossy older sister. I felt God’s loving arms around me and was reassured that we were in the right place. And when she tried to clean him on the left side, he moved to the right. I watched the young man’s mom entering and leaving his room. Chandler Moore) - Travis Greene, слова и аккорды на KG MUSIC. TJ’s heart surgery took around six hours. He was getting stronger and could walk on his own with just one person gently guiding him. For quite some time now, I’ve been writing a book about my son TJ. God has provided me with an amazing editor, and I’m excited to see what becomes of all this. Fall and winter came and went and still no mini fridge. Reunion Records / 2009 / Music Download. It went so well with the movie, on so many levels. Nevertheless, they advised us that he probably would go home with major deficits and we needed to start preparing ourselves for that truth. Worship While I'm Waiting. Chandler was grief stricken to lose her brother and went home every night researching other hospitals we could transfer him to and different procedures we could try like lung transplants in hopes of prolonging his life. We had done all we could do for him and taken him everywhere we could think of, and it was time to let him go. Jesus has conquered the grave! That was all it took, and then he got out. The links in this post may contain affiliate links, which means that if you click on the link(s) and purchase an item (at no additional cost to you). TJ’s heart surgery took around six hours. “But as for me, it is good to be near God.I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge;I will tell of all your deeds.” Psalm 73:28. My son who was still cognitively all there but couldn’t swallow, open his mouth, hold his head up, sit up, had minimal control of his arms and was in a wheelchair wanted a mini fridge for his bedroom. I believe, I will trust in You Oh oh oh (oh oh oh) Oh oh, oh oh oh oh I believe, I will trust in You Come on guys TJ spent the summer of 2012 in Dallas, Texas with his oldest sister Ashley working at Trophy Club Country Club, which his brother-in-law Matt managed, as a cart attendant on the golf course. I then went upstairs to TJ’s room and sat with him until he woke up. Many times during physical therapy, they both walked back and forth in the gym with their therapists, and as they passed by one another, they held their hands up high to give one another a high five. You will see them again. In my exasperation about TJ’s condition, I had come to the place where I knew I could do nothing else but laugh about it. This means that if you purchase a product from one of these links, myself or another blogger may earn a commission. This is already hard enough, and you don’t need to make it any harder.”. They were definitely partners in crime. Laundry.”, When I arrived at TJ’s room later that morning, the nurse excitedly — and with a few giggles — retold the story and added, “I wonder how long he has been lying in that bed, staring at that board, and planning to change Dr. Landry’s name?!”. The doctors were very confused about what was happening to him. He was very sick. I didn’t know where to go from here or how to help my son who was suffering so miserably. I sat in a seat under the windows, and TJ sat directly across from me. Now that TJ and Tom are together in heaven, we wonder if they laugh and talk about us, too. After taking some time to recover from losing our sons, recently Janet and I started a tradition of meeting once a year for a weekend. “Psalm 34:18 says, ‘The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.’ I knew such things were not mere coincidences but rather felt they were strategically-placed love notes from God, reassuring me that I was not alone. “I don’t know. Trapped Within is the true story of what a teenage boy was compelled to endure as the result of a surgical procedure that went wrong and what his family learned from the experience. If I didn’t know God better, I could easily mistake the reason for His silence and believe that He is a cruel, uncaring, detached God who must not love me. 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