Endurance

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It's good to reflect on what we have endured and overcome.  Thankful for what a great God we serve and my wife's great memory, as she reminded me what happened four years ago today:  "Hawke had his 1st shunt revision (brain surgery). His shunt had been placed 3mos earlier but he'd been gagging a lot, having trouble swallowing, eating & had vomited 3x's in four days. His neurosurgeon said his images hadn't changed. His ventricle catheter had been disconnected from his shunt. He ended up staying in the hospital through his 1st birthday :( "

So  grateful. We need a cure, we need breakthrough. 

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