Update on Eva's Fall (new photos posted 05/05)

April 23rd Eva Lyn fell from a 2nd floor window in Hendersonville, Tn. Aaron and I were attending the Dove awards at the Opry house. We received the phone call about 8pm that Eva had fallen. When the ambulance arrived they decided to take her to the Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital. We immediately headed there. Our nanny rode with Eva and my mom went to stay with Eli and Hannah.

Eva was at the home of our Nanny along with brother Eli and cousin Hannah. They were playing in a back bed room when our nanny realized Eva had a diaper that needed to be changed. She went into the other room to grab Eva a diaper and wet wipes when she walked back into the room Eva had already fallen. In Hannah and Eli’s words, Eva saw a little girl outside blowing bubbles and got excited. She sat on the window seal to look out and that is when she fell out backwards.
When we arrived at the hospital, nothing could have prepared us for what we saw. There laid our little girl in a trauma unit with a neck brace, covered in blood. She had about a 6 inch long laceration on the very top of her head and her mouth was filled with blood also. The awesome thing is that she was very alert and very mad! As soon as she heard my voice she started asking for Mommy and Daddy. They allowed us to come over top her head and comfort her. Aaron and I began trying to calm her down as they were getting everything they needed to start the process. As I looked at my baby I wanted to scream but I knew I had to be calm for her. We just started praying with everything that was in us. We didn’t care who was around or what they thought. I started praying over the doctors hands and asking God to guide them. At this time Aaron had to step out of the room. We didn’t want Eva to see us get real upset. Aaron went out to the front to find that so many of our family members had already gotten there. He fell in the arms of his brother Adam and wept. We are so grateful to have such awesome family and friends.

Aaron came back to the room to give me a chance to step out. Thinking about it now it all feels like a dream. I went to the front and of course there stood our family. Shellye and Kristi grabbed me and started praying for me. No one really knew what to say other than pray.

The doctors wouldn’t touch Eva until they did a CT scan. She had such a fight in her that they were not able to get the scan the first time. They took her back to the trauma unit and asked us to get her calmed down. Everyone left the room and it was just us. I said Eva you want us to sing to you, and of course her response was yes. We began to sing a song she loves, “we fall down we lay our crowns at the feet of Jesus. The Greatness of mercy and love at the feet of Jesus, We cry Holy, Holy, Holy, We cry Holy, Holy, Holy, We cry Holy, Holy, Holy Is the lamb”.

Eva would sing that song every once in a while and one time she looked past us and said, Mommy you see that man? She said he came down because we sing holy.

I knew that if the angles had came down before they would do it again. There was such a sweet presence that filled that room and all I could do was raise my hands and weep. Our little girl went into a peaceful sleep and we were able to get the scan.

As the scan was taking place I turned my back and prayed for a miracle. My biggest fear was finding something wrong on the scan. As it looked you didn’t know if her neck was okay if her spine was still together. The laceration on the very top of her head let us know she landed on her head. Also there was the fear of internal damage. At this point so many people were praying for our little one that I knew God would take care of her.

Finally the test came back and God had given us our miracle. Everything came back negative. So they started the process of stitching up her head. The doctor did a great job and it looks as if it will heal well. After that I asked them to check inside her mouth one more time and of course the roller coaster bottomed out again. They found that the inside of her bottom lip had detached from her jaw bone. So the excitement of getting ready to head home turned into having to completely put her under and have surgery on the inside of her mouth.

We were released from the hospital about 4 am. We want to thank all of you that prayed for our baby. We truly believe that all the prayers of the saints are what pulled her through.

So many people came to be with us at the hospital. All of our family that could we appreciate and love each of you. We couldn’t have made it without you. Ed Leonard, Michael Turner, Crystal Burchett Johnson, The Tills, The Corley’s, Smith’s, Rick and Micah, Rick Goodman and even Donnie McClurkin. We are humbled that you would take time out to check on our family. We are blessed to have you all in our lives.

Please continue to pray for Eva for she has a long road ahead of her. Today is Saturday and she is still very sore and swollen. But she is still Eva… Playing and asking for her passy!

The enemy has tried several times to take our little baby, but God has faithfully had his hand on her.

When I was 6 weeks pregnant many of you will remember there was an empty yolk sack and no heart beat. 2 weeks later there was a healthy 8 week old fetus. 5 month check up they thought something was wrong with her kidneys. 2 weeks later they couldn’t find what was there before. In delivery my Doctor looks at me and said this has to be the last push (I didn’t know why at that moment), When Eva came out the Doc put his fingers around the cord that was so tightly wrapped around her neck cutting off her air way. She was the worst color of purple you ever seen. He ripped the cord in two allowing her to breathe.

Last April she was playing outside with her brother when she started acting strange. We brought her in and set her in the bath when she passed out on us. Her eyes rolled back in her head and she lost all color. We couldn’t even tell if she was breathing it was so faint. We rushed her to the hospital, again praying like no one was around and God proved he’s faithful again. Before they could even get her hooked up to anything she came to her self. He sees us and he knows right where we are!

Please also pray for our nanny. She is having a hard time blaming herself. This was an accident and we do not in any way blame her. She is a precious soul that cares for our children with a loving heart! Eva was even asking for her Stephie when she lay in the hospital. Big brother is having a hard time as well. This has been a trying time for all of us. But still God’s grace is sufficient! Thank you all for everything!

Amanda & Aaron

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