Our Beloved Vitoria de Cristo

We created this blog to tell the world about our beloved daughter Vitoria, who with acrania and anencephaly, lived with us for wonderful 9 months of pregnancy and exciting 2 ½ years of life outside the womb. May everyone know about her sweetness and tenderness. About her life, humanity and dignity. All the precious lessons learned with this little angel that God has sent us. It was a joy to have her with us. Vitoria still lives in our hearts and it will always be an honor to be her parents!

2/13/2012

Prayers for Fabio Gabriel's Surgery

Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust. He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. Salmos 91:1-2, 4

Dear friends,

I ask you please to be in prayer for our little friend Fabio Gabriel who will make tomorrow the surgical closure of the skull (like surgery that Vitoria did when she was 4 months).

He was diagnosed with anencephaly at birth, but has resisted to medical prediction that he would be incompatible with life. He is now almost 10 months old, bringing so much joy to his parents.

His parents, Fernanda and Fabio, took a long time to decide for this surgery, because they were afraid about how Fabinho would react to this procedure. Now they finally decided to operate him, trying to offer him a better quality of life and protection against recurrent infections. They are very nervous, of course.

We pray in the name of Jesus, that the Holy Spirit give them lot of strength and peace during tomorrow, and that He may be present in the operating room leading doctors and blessing the recovery of Fabio. May his parents take him home again recovered from surgery, and live still many beautiful moments, walking a lot and giving him lots of love, care and joy.

The surgery will be done in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, in Brazil.

1 comment:

IK2/13/2012 3:28 PM
Praying for Little fabinho!!
Love, iko
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A summary of our story...

Vitoria de Cristo was the most wonderful and precious gift we have received in this life. She was an immensely loved and special child, that brightened and rejoiced our lives during the 916 days she lived from her birth, with 38 weeks of gestational life. 2 and half years of an amazing miracle!

During her pregnancy she was diagnosed with acrania and was considered incompatible with extra uterine life. At birth she was diagnosed with anencephaly, diagnosis that came to be questioned over her growth due to her survival, all her reactions and expressions.

For us, names never made any difference. She has always been our victory and we always knew she was worthy of love simply by existing.

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The beginning of our story

On 12th week of pregnancy, we discovered our first and so wanted baby had a serious problem called acrania. There was no skull over her head, and brain structures would be damaged in contact with amniotic fluid, resulting in anencephaly. We were informed this kind of malformation is incompatible with life, and that our baby would certainly die right after birth. For this reason, we could ask legal permission to terminate pregnancy, according to Brazilian law.

Even though, we decided to believe that God could change this sentence and make the miracle of healing our baby, permitting her to survive after birth. We named her Vitoria de Cristo (Victory of Christ) and decided to love her the same way we have been loved by God: in a personal, individual and unconditional way.

And when she was born, we were surprised by a wonderful miracle, a precious life we have seen growing in front of our eyes, by God´s mercy.