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i would love to be along side of my brother as he heals, but so thankful to have been there for his surgery. no other appropriate heart entry as this one today.

i love this picture of him with his beads of courage from the hospital. it’s a pediatric thing but eric was and always will be a pediatric case because his cardiac issues started as a baby. they called him “the big kid” in the PICU. cute.

beads of courage is a program in which the child life specialists and nurses give different colored beads to kids who have been through different things. they get courage beads when they’ve hit a milestone (like standing up for the first time after heart surgery. ow.), they get stars for every other major surgery they’ve had (eric has 5 stars…), a rainbow bead for seeing a child life specialist, and so on. he should have a string from here to the moon! it’s a special program.

this picture encompasses eric’s attitude during this whole process. he never doubted his Lord and he never complained. not once. i love my brother and am so grateful for the last three weeks. he is my hero!

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