Life is so very short

I am sorry to post so much sadness lately, but shockingly Chris lost a brother today. 5 days ago, Ryan Chapman age 14 started having flu like symptoms, throwing up, headaches, fever. Unlike the flu it just got worse and worse. My mother in law took him the hospital and they did a CT scan and found that his brain was swelling. They did a surgery and put him on antibiotics and hoped for the best. At first we thought he was doing much better. He started drinking lots of water and was coherent, but last night his brain began to swell at a rapid pace, and they found he had blood clots all throughout his brain. The only thing keeping him alive was a ventilator. This morning they chose to turn it off because he was completely brain dead. The Dr.'s aren't even really sure what it is that caused this. They believe it may have been some form of meningitis combined with sinusitis. He is such a wonderful boy. At the family reunion Chris and I stayed up late every night with he, and his other Russian siblings and played cards late into the night. We will miss him so much. It's hard to except when a child dies...it almost doesn't seem fair! But we also know this was God's plan for him, and we can have peace with that. Just 3 weeks after losing a husband, my mother in law has now lost a child. Please keep their family in your prayers!

This is Ryan 1 year ago holding Grace...