Elizabeth’s Story: Part 4

Written by Afton Mower

Callie’s heart beat so hard for us for 4 more hours. She slipped into heaven at 11:00 that morning. Her little faced glowed when she passed. She had a golden color about her.

I went into the NICU with the nurse, and I gave my baby her first bath. She was so tiny, and so precious. She didn’t look like the baby that I just had only 4 days ago. She wasn’t there anymore. She was in heaven now with Jesus. He was her comforter now. I could just see Him rocking her to sleep in her new life with no pain or suffering. I bathed her, and put a tiny little dress on her. It was white and it had a tiny hat with booties. I dressed her then wrapped her up in her blanket and went back to the room.

When our family started to arrive, they each held her and cried their tears of sorrow. We stayed in the room for about 2 more hours, I then decided that it was that time to leave our precious Callie. I took her back to the NICU, I watched as the nurse undressed her and gave me her clothes, and all her little trinkets that she has acquired over the past 4 days. The hard part was now. I held her for a moment, kissed her and put her back in the bed, and I left. I was so much in shock. I didn’t know what was happening. I sat in the lobby waiting for Matthew to come with the truck , and I couldn’t help but watch all the new mothers leaving with their babies, and all I had with me was a box with her clothes, and her blankets in it. This wasn’t happening to me.

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