Nathan's Story: Occipital Encephalocele
Nathan-A Gift From God Searching For Hope For those seeking answers, I understand the feeling of devastation after being told the heartbreaking news that my unborn son had a major brain defect: a Large Occipital Encephalocele . For days I walked around in a daze weeping. I remember searching the internet trying to find information on the diagnosis with very little result. Only one I found had survived but with limited function. All the others had either been aborted or had died shortly after birth. Every report we read or heard from the doctors spoke of death or severe disability. The reason I created this blog is to tell precious families who are searching that there is HOPE ! Our story cannot be told unless we include Jesus. He performed a miracle in our son, Nathan, who is now an amazing, sweet, smart 9-year-old boy. Our Story It was 2004, my first pregnancy, and I was 19 weeks pregnant when we had the first ultrasound. We went from such anticipation
