Blessing in Disguise

A few days ago we had the unexpected blessing a sick child.

 

Now I know that normally, a child having a 101.6* fever would NOT be considered a blessing. But what if that child, in the almost 3 years of being in our home had never (not even once!!) gotten sick? All the other children have gotten sick many times. Fevers, ear infections, stomach flu, colds and coughs. But not Quinn.

For whatever reason, children who struggle with bonding and attachment rarely get sick (at least those of parents I know). Could it be that they just have stellar immune systems? Possibly.

However, if you consider the extremely vulnerable position a child is put in when they're sick, it is worth considering that to a child unable to trust the safe-keeping of themselves to another individual, it would be terrifying. How a child manages to "not get sick" is beyond me. I have to wonder if their hyper-vigilance would be enough to put they're immune system into overdrive to where their body cannot even slow down enough to process sickness.  If you haven't personally seen the constant state of distress that a lack of bonding and attachment puts on a child, I imagine it would be difficult to believe what I am saying. I am no medical student, so I cannot prove my theory, but there is an alarming amount of similarities with unattached/unbonded children and sickness. 

So... How does this relate to Quinn?

Well, after never having gotten even a little bit sick for the past 34 months, it feels like an immense answer to prayer that healing is taking place! For that, we willingly give all credit and glory to Jesus, the Healer of broken hearts. Not only did Quinn have fever, he allowed me to hold him for over 3 hours yesterday! He even fell asleep IN MY ARMS! Folks, this truly is amazing! I very strongly believe this is the breakthrough we have prayed for these past 34 months! This is Quinn's heart being healed! So do I think this means no more struggles? While i do think that would be fantastic, I'm not *quite* naive enough to believe that. However, I do believe the relationship between Quinn and myself has been bumped to the "next level", if you will. 

Hands down, this is a wonderful way to start 2014!!

Oh, and interestingly enough, I just figured it up, and Quinn has been in our family for more than 1/2 of his life! 34 months as our FOREVER SON and 32.5 months with his life in chaos, moving around to 8 different "homes".

 

We are SO thankful for the privilege to call this amazing, spunky, intelligent, delightful child OUR SON!!

He has made everything beautiful in its time.

Ecclesiastes 3:11a