Ellie Rose Goins
Many of you know and are praying for my five month old niece Ellie Rose, She has had a lot of trouble with her eye, she is blind in one eye, but we are praising God that is all that is going on. We were not sure we would even get the privilege to meet Ellie, Beth has lost two babies right before Ellie and The Doctors told my sister that if she didn’t go on medicine for her thyroid than Ellie would die as well, and if she took the medication than the risk would be high that Ellie may not even be able to function. I knew that my niece was set apart and that God had big plans for her, but this story confirms it. The letter below is from my sister Beth. Please be in pray for them.
Today they removed Ellie’s cataract and detached the blood vessels. The detaching did cause her eye to bleed but they were able to stop it and continue. In addition to these 2 things there is a 3rd. The retina has detached itself. What does that mean? You have to have the retina in order to see at all. There is a slight chance it will reattach itself. If it does not, she will have no sight in the left eye. They are not fitting her with a contact or implant since it will do no good. She would have to have some sight to start with. This also means no patch. This has moved from being “uncommon” too rare. We’ve jokingly said we’ve gone from being 1 child in 30 thousand to 1 child in 3 million. What can I say; Ellie is not your average girl. How do I feel about this? She’s here!!!! God is not through with her yet! Tell your people to PRAY!!!!!!!!!! We have to bring her back in 2 weeks (Tuesday) for them to put her under AGAIN to determine if the retina is going to reattach. Concern…I don’t want her to have to deal with a lazy eye or a wandering eye. Vanity maybe but I want my little girl to feel as beautiful as she is.
Tell your people thank you so very much for praying. God is doing something BIG. I can’t wait to find out what it is. We don’t want to get discouraged so lift us up on that one, too.Thanks, Beth (For the Goins Family)
Heather I love you and we do know that our beautiful niece is being held by her heavenly father every moment.
I can’t believe lennie said that she’s never told me that before;)
I saw Ellie on Tuesday after her surgery. She felt so bad. All she wanted was for her mommy to hold her and rock her. It is amazing how fast they steal your heart. Heather I remember when you were that small and I would rock you. I knew you would grow up and do amazing things. I love you and miss you so much!!! I think and pray for you everyday. I will give Ellie a kiss for you.
Love Aunt Lennie
I stumbled on your blog and I’m blown away by your compassion. You’re an encouragement. I will keep you in prayer and remain posted to your blog. God Bless.
In Christ,
Rick