About

Justina Greer is a wife and mother currently residing in The Quad Cities, Illinois, with her husband, daughter and 4 fur babies. In October of 2012, their daughter, Juliette was born. Just 15 months after Juliette was born, Justina and her husband were terrified when they learned that they were expecting again. Fortunately, as reality set in that they were parents of two, the excitement soon followed. At 20 weeks in early summer of 2014 they learned that their baby boy’s heart had several defects and while they were all operable, these defects had never been documented all in one heart. On top of his CHD he also was asplenic, making him even more susceptible to infection after birth. After given the option of termination of pregnancy several times, Justina and her husband knew that wasn’t an option to them. They were going to take this child as he was: a precious gift from God. Their baby boy would be given his best chance. On September 22 of 2014, their son Abraham Isaiah was born at 37 weeks and 5 days. He was born blue and turning gray and had to be revived and intubated immediately. Abraham was given a 20% survival rate through the cath procedure to open up an obstruction in his pulmonary veins in his first 24 hours of life. By God’s amazing grace, he made it. Then, At 3 weeks old Abraham had his first OHS to reroute his pulmonary veins. His heart was healed, but he developed an infection that went septic and his tiny body couldn’t fight it. At 17 days old, on October 9th, 2014, Justina and her husband chose to take Abraham off life support, after diligent prayer and confirmation in their decision, and end his suffering. As 15+ of their closest friends and family stood around them, they sang “Amazing Grace” in harmony and handed Abraham back to Jesus. She uses her blog page to continue to document her grief and joy and roller coaster ride surrounding mothering a baby she can no longer see, a spunky toddler and the new life inside her.