Carley Faith: 2008

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Count Your Life by Smiles...

Not Tears, and Count your Age by FRIENDS, not years. Today Carley would have turned ONE, but in reality she lived to be over one hundred, based on the amount of friends she had. We love you.

Monday, September 29, 2008

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Carley Faith Garcia
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Saturday, September 20, 2008Story last updated at -
Services for Carley Faith Garcia, infant daughter of Carlos and Kristal Garcia, will be 10 a.m. Saturday, September 20, 2008 in Englunds Chapel with Deacon Phillip Maldonado officiating. Local arrangements are under the direction of Englunds Funeral Service.
Additional services will be 10 a.m. Monday, September 22, 2008 in Van Horns First Baptist Church with Rev. Robert Casey officiating. Interment will follow in Vans Horn Cemetery under the direction of Carillos Funeral Home in Van Horn.
Carley passed from this life into God's hands Thursday, September 18, 2008. She was born October 9, 2007 in Lubbock to Kristal and Carlos Garcia.
Carley was a special child to our family, friends, doctors and nurses.
Those left to cherish Carley's memory include her parents; sisters, Bailey and Emiley, all of Slaton; maternal grandmother, Marjorie Garlick of Van Horn; maternal grandfather, Stephan Weiss of San Angelo; paternal grandparents, Celestino and Francisca Garcia of Van Horn; maternal great-grandfather, Buddy Martin, and maternal great-grandmother, Norma Weiss, both of San Angelo; her Nancy "G-Nan" Ince of San Antonio; along with numerous aunts and cousins.
The family wishes to extend a special thanks and appreciation to UMC's NICU and PICU doctors and nurses who will always be in the hearts of Carlos and Kristal.

Gameday

Considering today is Gameday, I just had to share these photos of Carley from last weekendends Tech/SMU game. Today I think she'll finally get to enjoy the game from the stands. So look out for her in Sec 9, Row 2, Seat 18. But be careful, even though she was tiny, she liked to do things in a GIANT way. Wreckem Tech.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

"Let the children come to me!"

I've typed and retyped what I wanted to write here tonight. I don't even know how to say it and I certainly don't want to type it. But right now this is the only way I can let you know that our precious little angel is no longer with us. I'm grateful for having been blessed with her presence for eleven months. Posting this blog tonight is the hardest thing I'll ever do, but I know that it's nothing compared to what Carley went through every day. At last she has some peace. I miss you Carley.

“Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of God” (Lk. 18:16).

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

It's Fixed

There’s no excuse for not updating this blog sooner. Most of you know I’m a procrastinator so it shouldn’t surprise you. The last time I updated the blog was when we Carley went home. Well she's been home for over a month now and Carley has settled into our home and has had her ups and downs.

We currently have one full time nurse, Jamie.

And we also have temporary nurses until they find some that will work full time. I think we may have another, Lacey who may work full time. I'll keep you updated on that. In the meantime, these wonderful temp. nurses are Sheila, Fawn and Asterid. Carley is eligible for about 21 hours of care a day, but we are lucky to use 10. The hardest is not having a full time night nurse. I don’t know how Kristal does it, but she stays up with her whenever we don’t have a nurse. This means she is up at least 5 out of the 7 nights and still manages to take care of things around the house, including everything associated with Emiley. You know what I’m talking about. I’ll tell you one thing, in case she doesn’t know it, and she’ll claim I never tell her, she has my respect and admiration. I couldn’t do what Kristal does and Carley and I really appreciate everything she does.

I’m going to post some pictures of her at home based on the date the picture was taken. The blog will appear to have been updated periodically and not a month late, and you may have to go to the second page in order to see a full month worth of updates (pictures).

As you can tell from the pictures, after she came home, she started out in a basinet. We upgraded her to Bailey and Emiley’s old crib and it really worked well. We know have a new hospital crib that takes less room.

As for San Antonio and the future, Carley has been accepted for the rib expansion surgery. However, this news is a double sided sword because the only reason they accepted her is they feel she doesn’t have much of a chance without the surgery. Plus, during surgery, the risk of losing Carley on the operating table is greater than normal. This isn’t the first time we’ve been faced with this type of decision. However, before we decide what to do, Carley has an appointment with an SED specialist in Delaware. This is the same specialist we had mentioned before. Her appointment is set for October 14, 5 days after her 1st birthday. I’m sure you’ll see plans to celebrate this milestone soon. I’ll keep you posted. That is all for now, and I’m really sorry to have waited so long.

Latest picture:

Nicole visits Ms. Carley, September 2nd.