Blood Transfusions

Gianna was born with Thalassemia, a blood disorder that is hereditary in which the body makes an abnormal form of hemoglobin and results in excessive destruction of red blood cells. Within 4-10 weeks of birth she must have a blood transfusion, which her mother knew about all to well, because she suffered from the same disorder, as did her first daughter, Seleah. After 3 weeks Gianna was admitted into the Children's Hospital for her special blood transfusion with her mother at her side. The nurses took her fragile body and pinned her to the small bed and began sticking her smooth skin with needles. They went from one arm to the next and back again looking for an open vain to move the blood into. For forty minutes her mother, Annie, as anxious as ever, sat beside Gianna. Annie's eyes filled with tears as she watched her daughter suffer, and the moment her daughter caught her gaze, Annie began to bawl, "I'm so sorry, baby. But this must be done. I just wish they could get it right." Annie knew the pain and suffering, she would have willingly done anything to take her daughters place. But there was nothing Annie could do, this was the only chance for Gianna to live.

I think this is what it's like for God, as he watches us suffer, He suffers too, if not more. But He knows that we will live and this is the only way. What a tough job our Father has. Thanks God for sitting close to us through the whole thing.