unexpected

Sometimes things happen in our lives that it is unexpected, but instead of crying about it or wonder why it happen, we should think of the lesson learned from that experience. Almost three weeks ago my niece was taken to the hospital and had to have surgery in her head, because she had a AVM. Most of you are wondering what is an AVM well an AVM is "An Arterio-Venous Malformation, or AVM, is an abnormal collection of blood vessels. Normally, oxygenated blood is pumped by the heart through branching tubes called arteries to the brain, where it enters a fine network of tiny vessels called capillaries. It is in these capillary beds where the blood nourishes the tissues. The “used” (deoxygenated) blood then passes back to the heart through branching thin walled tubes called veins. Arterial-Venous Malformations are areas that lack the tiny capillaries. The location of the connection between the artery and the vein is called the shunt. The area of tissue is called a nidus of the AVM. An AVM can be thought of as a "Short Circuit" where the blood does not go to the tissues but is pumped through the shunt and back to the heart without ever giving nutrients to the tissues." It was really touch and go with her, she was in a real rollercoaster ride, and has been affecting everybody around her that love her. We carry our little bundles of joy for nine months in our wombs and they are safe in there, because they are inside our body, but when they are outside they get exposed to so many elements as well as we don't know with some of the stuff they might have been born with. It is so hard to see your child on so many machines around her and not understanding what is going on with her, and what you can do to make it better. That is what my sister and her husband had to go through. Share the most that you have out of this life and tell those people around you how much you love them, and not because you have to but, because you feel it inside. I forget sometimes to tell my kids how much I love them and how happy they make me, but that thing with my niece made me realize that I need to show love to my children, because I don't know what I would do if I saw one of my children in the same situation my sister went through with her child. It is a learning experience for me, because God forbid if something were to happen to me or one of my children and I never told them how much light they have brought into my life. They are the world to me. Let's show our children how much we love them and appreciate them for the person they are, because we don't know what is awaiting for us the next day.