After 42 long days and nights spent in the hospital, 7 days on Ecmo, a heart transplant, MSSA in his bloodstream, battles with delirium and weakness, today, for the first time in his life, Bodie walked out of the hospital with a whole heart.

Hours before he did so, we were told that upon reviewing his biopsy more closely, he is actually only in 1A rejection, rather than 1B. Beautiful, beautiful news!

To say we are immensely grateful doesn’t even come close to expressing our emotions.

But words are all we have.

So tonight we say thank you.

Thank you to the medical team who worked tirelessly making the best decisions possible for our very complicated boy.

Thank you to the legions of prayer warriors who hit your knees day after day praying Bodie out of the scary parts of this journey.

And thank you to the family, who in their darkest time, made the most selfless decision to give our son a chance at life.

And now we begin the next chapter in Bodie’s journey.

One which keeps us away from our home at least two more months.

And includes a whole lot more healing.

And a lot more hospital visits (starting this Friday, actually).

And a lot more learning new medications and how to administer tube feeds.

Lots to do.

Lots to worry about and be in prayer over.

But for tonight, we gratefully take this win.

And pray for many more in the days to come.