GOD always has a plan....

BECCA B here, after spending the night with Court/Skip and posting what Courtie would have me to post:

It's up to us to make the best of what HE sends our way. GOD gives us blessings so BIG and also tests our faith in the same BIG way he throws blessings our way. I mention this tonight (or should I say "this morning", because my intentions were to post this before the dawn even came close to calling our names)....however;

I just came home from INOVA FFX Hospital having spent as much time as I possibly could stroking Carter-Man's head, face, hands, etc.

It is no secret that C-Man has not been in the best of health in the last few weeks. The dreadful "FLU SEASON" rocked his world in more ways than one. He not only suffered ONE bout of the virus, but had to ride out TWO encounters with the flu (ONE of them confirmed to be the H1N1 virus).....All the Docs were surprised that he was able to beat it b/c there are completely healthy children in the PICU that couldn't fight the virus.

As Courtney's last post revealed, Carter was resting well at home and then his responsiveness and general breathing became an issue, which is why they took him back up to INOVA FFX.

MANY and MANY MORE tests were administered to try to figure out why it is that Carter-Man was still not seeming to push through to the "other side" of beating whatever illness/virus it was that has been causing him complications in the last few weeks.

Carter-Man was exhibiting signs of pain "bearing down" with his hands, etc. The doctors were trying to figure out where the discomfort was coming from. It was determined that Carter may be experiencing cranial pressure, so an Emergency MRI was ordered STAT.

Unfortunately, the results of the MRI were very bleak. It turns out that Carter-Man's brain tumor has progressed (and upward), meaning that there are really no options left at this point.

The family (and phenomenal team of Doctors here at INOVA Fairfax) are prepared to do everything possible to make Carter's day-in/day-out as pleasant/normal/and comfortable as possible until GOD calls him home to be with so many people who love him. Those same people will remind Carter of all the people left here on Earth that will still LOVE and CHERISH every memory of every moment that each and every one of us have spent with him.

Carter-Man LOVES EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU!! HELP US ALL BLESS THIS CHILD AS HE HAS BLESSED ALL OF US WITH HIS PRESENCE IN OUR LIVES. AMEN.