Addilyn Hawks is the cutest little one year old I have ever seen. She is always smiling and you can tell she is going to have a spunky personality. Her mother, Krystin and I went to High School together in Germany and was always a good friend. You would never know it if you saw her but Addilyn was recently diagnoses with Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis-Type 2, a liver disease with no treatment and the only lifesaving medicine is a liver transplant. She is in stage 3 of 4 liver disease and for many people with this disease are eventually diagnosed with liver cancer. She was placed immediately on the transplant list but was recently tested for cancer and it came back negative. Because of this she was removed form the list. This just means that in order for her to return to the list we will have to get worse. Something that is very difficult to hear and deal with as a parent. Addilyn will eventually have to have a transplant and so the family has set up a fund for her through the Children's Organ Transplant Association (COTA), a national nonprofit that organizes communities to raise funds for transplant-related expenses. They are trying to raise $50,000 for the transplant and the medicine she will have to take everyday for the rest of her life. Addilyn's fund site is COTA for Addilyn Hawks. This is a very loving family and I know that they are seeking the LORD through this entire endeavor for strength, comfort and wisdom, but knowing too that it is all according to his plan and purpose. If you would like to donate just click on the link above and It will take you to the page needed. Addilyn is a baby girl who is fighting for her life everyday and her family is filled with joy everyday they see her fighting the odds. Please keep her and the Hawks family in your prayers and pray that the LORDS will would be done.
