Pro-life vid of the day: The life of Zion
by Kelli
In January 2014, Zion Isaiah Blick was born. His story is special because despite a life-threatening diagnosis of Trisomy 18, his parents Robbyn and Josh chose to treasure him for as many minutes, hours, or days God would grant them together. The Blaze has more:
… Robbyn and Josh got word about 20 weeks into Robbyn’s pregnancy that Zion had trisomy 18, also called Edwards syndrome, a chromosomal condition associated with abnormalities in many parts of the body….
Robbyn shared… that Zion had a heart defect and that doctors very early on prepared her for the worst. But Robbyn’s outlook, as well as her husband’s — a pastor at Alpine Chapel in Lake Zurich, Ill., a Chicago suburb — was all about having faith in God and betting on Zion defeating the odds.
“Our choice is always life and giving him a chance,” Robbyn said.
So the Blicks let others know about their little boy and their choice of “having faith and having hope” in the midst of a diagnosis that doctors told them was “not compatible with life.”…
First doctors said he could very well die during the pregnancy…but he didn’t.
Then he might die during labor… but he didn’t.
After he was born, Robbyn was told to prepare for a few minutes with him. But Zion held on and got stronger….
Zion lived on after birth for ten days with his family and was loved every minute:
Zion Isaiah Blick from Alpine Chapel on Vimeo.
[HT: Dan McConchie; photo via The Blaze]
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
This video just did me in.
What a precious little life, and what a BLESSED family they are to have been able to know such a beautiful gift from God.
Yes, Zion is now in the arms of his Creator and Father, and his mommy, daddy, and brothers will see him again.
O wow. Thanks for this.
What amazing parents, what great love in the family and community. What a sweet baby.
Now that’s the goal and the fruit of a culture of LIFE!
Absolutely beautiful!!
Oh my heart.
None of us knows how long our earthly life will be.
Rather than terminating the pregnancy, Josh and Robbyn overidingly chose life, with Robbyn Blick giving birth to Zion on January 11
Told that their son could die before pregnancy the parents persevered. Told that their son could die at childbirth they persevered. Told that he could die a few moments after being born they persevered and told he could die a few short days or weeks after birth, Josh and Robbyn Blick once again chose to persevere and treasure the gift that was their son. Such are the bittersweet and growing pains of a life worth living and having, even for just one more day, or as in Zion’s case, ten more days…
http://scallywagandvagabond.com/2014/02/zion-isaiah-blick-ten-day-old-baby-loved-family-forced-watch-die/