Who is Abby?

Who is Abby? Abby is my little girl, until recently was your typical 8 year old girly girl with a punch. Her very sweet, outgoing but I'm not a pushover attitude makes her loved by many. She most definitely has a eye for fashion, she actually has a better eye for it than some adults. Some of her favorite things to do are dance, swim, go to church, sing, and of course fight with her little brother Elisha. Her love for animals, inspires to be a veterinarian one day.

This last Christmas break, Abby was not getting to enjoy her break like other kids. She was not feeling good at all. After finishing up antibodics with no improvement, we took her to the ER. Never expecting what came next.

After some blood work, the Doctor came in and told us that Abby was severely anemic and her kidneys were not working. All kinds of questions and concerns ran through our minds. The doctor sent us to Cooks Children's Hospital so she could get the care she needed. I got to say being transported by ambulance scared me but Abby thought it was very cool. Once she was placed in ICU, the test of faith all began. Everyone treated her so sweet at Cooks. After many test, they found that Abby has End Stage Renal Disease, 90% of her kidneys do not function, caused by rare immune disease called microscopic polyangiitis. Basically her antibodies in her blood attacked her kidneys. 20 to 30 people out of a million get this rare disease. The plan is to get her blood disorder is on remission for six months, then Abby can be a candidate for a kidney transplant.

The next four weeks in the hosiptal, Abby has became my inspiration. She was poked and pricked so many times. Under went three surguries and became a expert at taking medicine. One night she told me Mom "When I grow up and have kids, I'm going to tell them how I got sick, and rode in the ambulance and was in the hosiptal. How everyone gave me flowers, ballons, gifts and my family and church prayed for me and I got better." She didn't know how much faith she injected into me that day. Another night she was having a bad day and felt yucky. I told her I wished I could be sick instead of you. she said "No mom, its okay, I don't want you or anyone to feel this bad." After many weeks of procedures and test Abby finally got to go home.