JUST ANOTHER FEW DAYS LEFT AND WE WILL ENTER A “NEW YEAR”…THANKING GOD, FOR GETTING US ALL THRU, THE “OLD ONE”….
ZOE HAD HER 30 + SURGERY ON OCTOBER 27 AT “BOSTON CHILDREN’S”, AND SHE DID VERY WELL…ZOE IS JUST SUCH AN AMAZING “KIDDO”…WE CALL HER “OUR TWEENER”…MATURE IN SO MANY WAYS, YET STILL A CHILD…THIS YEAR MAKES THE “10TH” YEAR SINCE ZOE HAD THE “LIFE SAVING” “TITANIUM RIB IMPLANTS”…NOW MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS “VEPTRS”…NO WORDS I COULD WRITE HERE WOULD EVER DISCRIBE THE GRATITUDE WE FEEL TO DR. JOHN EMANS, AND THE TEAM AT “BOSTON CHILDRENS”, OR DR. ROBERT CAMPBELL, AND THE COUNTLESS OTHERS WHO HAVE MADE THESE LAST 10 YEARS WITH ZOE POSSIBLE FOR US…IN THE SPRING OF 2000 HERSHEY DOCS WERE TELLING US ZOE HAD JUST MONTHS TO LIVE…BUT THERE WAS ONE SLIM CHANCE…”AN EXPERIMENT”…THUS OUR QUEST TO “BOSTON”…WHERE ZOE BECAME THE “108TH” IN THE WORLD TO HAVE THESE “IMPLANTS” THAT NOW KEEP ABOUT 500 “KIDDO’S” ALIVE…ZOE LIFE HAS NEVER BEEN EASY…BUT THAT IS SOMETHING YOU WILL NEVER HERE FROM HER, OR HER MOM…IT AMAZES ME STILL HOW MUCH ZOE IS LIKE HER “MOMMY”…THEY ARE GENTLE AND TUFF AT THE SAME TIME…AND NOTHING STOPS THEM…”POP” HAS HAD A VERY TUFF YEAR…PACEMAKER IN JUNE, BLOOD CLOTS IN BOTH EYE, EYE SURGERY, AND BLINDNESS..BUT THE BATTLE RAGES ON…NO “GIVING UP” IN THE “LAMBERT HOME”…”ZOE’S CREW” (MY 2 GRANDSONS) ARE DOING WELL…EJ IS AN A STUDENT IN THE 4TH GRADE, AND WILLIAM, WELL LETS JUST SAY “WILL” KEEPS EVERYONE BUSY…THE “LAMBERT FAMILY” IS NOT WITHOUT “CHALLENGES”…AND WE CANNOT “DIRECT THE WIND”…BUT WE CAN “ADJUST OUR SAILS”…HAPPY NEW YEAR….