The Joy of the Lord is My Strength

Discussions on grieving infant death & stillbirth; only the strength of the Lord makes it possible to tell the tale...

Thursday, December 03, 2009

Treasures In Heaven



December 3, 2003 - I went in for what would be my last routine NST monitoring before the baby arrived. Unfortunately, the monitor indicated that Abigail was in marked distress & needed to be delivered immediately. But through a series of incompetent decisions made by bullshit doctors & nurses they sent me home with instruction to return the next day for a followup.

At 39wks 4days gestation, our long-awaited Abigail was pronounced dead in utero at 11:30am December 4, 2003. After 2 days of anguished labor, her lifeless body was delivered at 6:18pm December 6th, and her oh-so-precious body was lain to rest beneath the sod at 3:30pm December 10, 2003.

Eighteen months & a full term pregnancy later, we added Abigail's younger sister, Anne, to the cemetery just kitty corner from where Abigail is buried.

It is with perpetually broken hearts that we watch & wait until The Day of Resurrection when they will come forth from their graves to Newness of Life.

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