WHOA That's Good Podcast - A Month of Emergencies and Miracles- The Full Story | Sadie & Christian Huff

Episode Date: May 20, 2026

Today we’re finally sharing the full story behind what happened to our baby girl, Kit. Over the past month, we walked through two terrifying medical emergencies, emergency hospital stays, surgery, and some of the hardest moments we’ve ever faced as parents — but we also saw God show up in ways we’ll never forget. From miracle connections to answered prayers at exactly the right time, this episode is our testimony that even in the scariest moments, God is near. We’re so grateful to finally share how Kit is doing now and all the ways the Lord carried our family through it. This Episode of WHOA That's Good is Sponsored By: https://liberty.edu/Sadie — Get your application fee WAIVED when you start your future with Liberty University today! https://loveoneinternational.org/whoa — For just $20 a month you'll provide life-saving support to a child in need. Plus, right now, when you join The Love Club, you’ll receive an exclusive Love Club hat and one of the last few copies of my devotional, How to Put Love First. https://fastgrowingtrees.com — Get 20% off your first purchase when you use the code WHOA at checkout! - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's up everybody happy well that's good Wednesday. I hope you're having a great week, but it is about to get so much better. And we are so thankful to come on the podcast today, me and my boo, my co-host, Christian. And actually today, this is like so crazy because we're recording this and putting it out kind of fast. And we don't normally do that. But we just felt like there's been so much happening in life over the past month that we're like, you know what? Let's just get on a podcast and share, and it feels very timely that we share sooner than later. All things are still fresh.

All things are fresh. On the noggin. Because, like, as much hardship as we've kind of walked through the past month and a half, we've also seen so many miracles. And everyone keeps saying, like, have you written all this down? And I'm like, I've tried to, but I have three kids and life is so crazy. And every time I start journaling, you know, I get interrupted. And so I was like, let's just like do a podcast and try to remember all of the things and testify truly to what the Lord has done because we could not be more grateful for what God has done in our life over the last month. Because like I said, we walked through some really hard things.

And I shared this clip on social media of me holding kit in the hospital. And I was singing, you know, I was tossed in the water, but I never went under. You were always on time. And that song has been like so accurate to what we've gone through because I feel like we really were like tossed in the water. We really did like go through the fire. Like we've gone through some really scary, hard things, but we didn't get, we didn't go under. Like God always provided exactly what we need at the right time. And we want to testify to that and just kind of tell Kit's story over the past month.

And we'll start with the first choking accident because so many of you. guys reached out and were so kind on social media after a kid choked. And there was a lot of questions asked too. A lot of fears raised for moms and also not even, I won't say fears necessarily in a fully bad way because I think for a lot of people, awareness. Yeah, awareness. Like it made people jump into action and like learn CPR, which I was like grateful for that, that, you know, it raised awareness and it's going to help people. But there was a lot of lot more to the story that we knew we would eventually want to share because there was also a lot of opinions on social media of like, you know, you need to have a life back and you need it. You can do

those or that and the other. And I was just thinking, man, people just really don't understand what that moment looked like and how could you. I've never shared it. But we want to today. So we are going to back it up to about a month and a half ago and share this story. And also, emotion. have been all over the place. Like sometimes I tell this, you know, to friends and I'll cry the whole time or I'll be a little shaky. And then sometimes I'll tell it and I'll be fine and like can get through it. And so trauma has like a weird way of coming in waves. And I've learned that over the past month to just like ride the wave and lean into it and let the Lord meet me in it. And so I don't know if I'll cry the whole time or maybe I'll just be able to talk about it because again, we're kind of

thankfully at this point on the other side of so much of the trauma of it and kit is doing so good but back in april it was april 6th we had just gotten down to the beach we're going on a beach vacation with our family and um kit up until this point has been like such a healthy baby she has been like way healthier actually than our other two at this stage our first two had many hospital visits uh many well you have to clarify why Honey has had like four tube surgeries for her years. Haven had a ton of UTIs. UTI problems that we had to be in the hospital for.

So she was on a daily medicine for that. So we thought we were in the clear with Kit because she had never had anything. But we were definitely wrong. So we were thinking like Kit is our easiest baby. She's been so great. Now the only thing we did know she had is I remember like right whenever she was born getting home from the hospital and she was like the noisiest breather. we would call her like our little pig

because she just would have like the loudest snoring as a little baby Well the funniest thing was I would deviate a septum So I'm a loud breather I snore And then people would think Or our family thought that kit got that trait for me And I was like my deviated septum

It's not a genetic trait So she did not have her heavy breathing passed down for me Yeah people would say she breathed like her daddy I broke my nose Like she didn't get that for me I shattered my nose in middle school playing baseball It's not a genetic trait to pass down to my children. So that was something, obviously, that I was like a little concerned by.

And so our first trip to the pediatrician, I like tell him she breathes really loud. And he said, oh, yeah, she does. I can hear that. And he said, I bet she has. And he wrote it down. Like, I like remember this so clearly. I feel like we pronounce it differently every time. Well, now I know because of being in the hospital for two weeks.

I didn't say it right for like the first six months of her. life. But he writes down Loringa Malaysia and he was like, this is what she has. In other words, floppy throat. She has a little turbulence breathing. So you put it in more in like easier ways to understand. He said Leringa Malaysia is very common in babies. It's like their little airway. Their voice box is supposed to be a little hole, but it's actually going to be shaped like this because it's like this skin is kind of like bent. And that's what makes it kind of flop. And that's it makes her sound loud when she breathes. And he says it's really most of the time nothing to worry about. as long as she's eating fine. Her oxygen levels are good, which we use an outlet. And so she never

had dips in oxygen. She ate great. She was always great at nursing, easy to switch to the bottle. So really, I wasn't worried about it. He said he's only had one kid in his whole practice has ever had to have surgery. He said 90% of kids grow out of it by the age of one, nothing really to worry about. So I really didn't worry about it. Months, you know, went by and she still had the heavy breathing and sometimes I would be like, oh, is it getting worse? Is it getting better? But again, it was more of kind of like, that's just the way she sounds, but it doesn't affect her life. So anyways, going to the beach at this point, like we really were not concerned about Kit. She had been eating solids at this point for a couple weeks.

Eating a lot of solids too. And she like loves food. She was our best eater. Ever. Like our other kids at this age would not have wanted food like that, but she would eat anything that was on my plate. I'd give her tiny, tiny little bites. And she just, Loved it. Got so excited about food. So really wasn't worried about that either. So anyways, we get to the beach and it's our first night there and we're cooking dinner and the rest of the family was about to get there. And I was starting to make some like guacamole because the kid loves guacamole. And I had put some puffs on her high chair and like tiny, tiny, tiny bits of shredded chicken because she loves chicken. And Christian was watching her in the high chair eat all that.

And then like our whole family got there. So they're all coming upstairs and we're like hugging everybody. And I like look over at Kit and she just looked so cute in that little high chair. And I was like, everybody look at Kit Kat. Look how big she looks over there. And so like everybody looked. And normally Kit is like the happiest, smiliest baby. And she just wasn't like smiling at anyone.

And so my mom was like, what is that face about? Like, why are you not smiling? So my mom like went over. and like picked her up and um she was like what is that what is that little face and kit looked kind of like concerned almost like she didn't know like what was happening and then all of the sudden like she just it was like she went to cry but she couldn't and my mom was like she's choking and then I'm telling you within like second she completely went purple and um And that's why, like, in this choking moment, like, I say choking with, like, air quotes,

because it didn't seem like a traditional choking situation. Like, it wasn't, like, let's go get a life bag. Like, we need to get this out. Like, she didn't grunt. She wasn't trying to cough. She wasn't, like, literally she made a weird face. And then she was completely purple. And my mom, like, handed her to me.

and she immediately just went completely limp, completely purple. And I really just went straight into CPR. And I remember saying, like, out loud, I was like, Mom, what do I do? What do I do? And then I just started doing it. I started doing chest compressions. I started, you know, breathing in her mouth and, like, doing this whole CPR, which I'm, like, not CPR certified or anything, but I'm, I'm,

a mom who's watched all the videos because I like to be prepared. And every time I had a baby, I would go home and like refresh all the videos. And thankfully, my body just kind of sprung into action. And I really want to say I felt like guided in a way that is really supernatural because I was telling Christian, like I know like I was very calm in the moment. and I was doing exactly what I needed to do, but my mind was like going crazy. My mind was like so terrified. But like I kept just saying like, God, you're good.

Like God, you're going to give her life. Like God, you're going, like this is going to work. And I remember a Christian you say, this has to work. And I love to you. It's like it's going to work. Like I just had like an assurance. Like she was going to be okay. Although in my mind I didn't have that assurance.

If that makes sense, like my mind was knowing. the severity of the situation, but like, I just was like, no, like, she's going to be okay. And, like, kept breathing into her. And then it wasn't working inside. Because I was doing, like, I was doing the mouth to mouth too. And it was like the weirdest thing. Yeah, because she was like she was just limp, you know. So it was like doing the CPR.

It was just the weirdest. It was just the most, yeah, frightening thing. It was horribly traumatic. it. And so we ended up, it wasn't working. And so I like ran outside with her onto the porch and I did it again. And was just declaring life and did it one more time. And she started to cough. And it was just like, thank you God. Thank you God. And I just. Yeah, as this was happening, your mom called 911. Well, mom had already immediately called 911. And so by the time I got out. outside on the porch with her.

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she started to cough i got done on my knees with her was doing back blows and that was the weird thing is nothing came up like nothing seemed to have like dislodged um and so and she was kind of in and out of consciousness so i knew she was breathing and her color was coming back but she was still kind of in out of consciousness and i would say this whole thing was about two and a half minutes um i would say felt like forever but probably like two minutes. And so I run downstairs with her. The cops are there. They start doing back blows.

And like the tiniest, tiniest piece of chicken came up. But not like that wasn't it. You know, it was like maybe the size of her fingernail, you know, and a little bit of blood. But it just didn't really, it didn't make sense, you know. And so anyways, we got in the ambulance. I didn't even have my phone on me. I had nothing. I just got in the ambulance with her. And, you know, we just, we left. And I think, I didn't even know, like, mom was in the front seat. You were driving my head. I didn't know anything.

I was just with kit and just, like, praying. Just like so grateful that she was okay. So anyways, we're riding in the ambulance at night and to the hospital. And you call mom and you were like, hand the phone to Sadie. And you said, I just want to let you know that there's been like a rainbow over the ambulance, like the whole time we've been riding to the hospital. And that was like a really big moment for me because that, I just felt like the Lord was just like with us and just like kind of just making this promise like,

I have y'all. And that just like that really meant a lot and just gave a lot of peace, you know. And I felt like the Lord was really kind of like washing like over us in peace in that moment. So we get to the hospital and at that point, Kit was doing great. But obviously, like, we're terrified. And her oxygen was a little low. And so they admitted us. And, you know, they just said, kids choke.

It's so scary. You did exactly what you're supposed to do. You know, good job, Mama. You did CPR. You never want to do that. But minutes matter. And they gave the whole talk and were just like, you did it. And, you know, it was so interesting because that night, like, I never, I kind of just was like, was that really choking?

Like, I know, I know it was because she was eating, but like she didn't struggle. She didn't whatever. Like, I just don't understand. And it was puffs. And it was like all the stuff. And with the choking, that's why it was confusing because it was puffs. So I think the answer we kind of got from them was, you know, maybe it just ended up dissolving. and it just kind of went through,

which is why nothing really ever came back up, which is not the most, you know, assured answer, which does make you have more questions of if that was the cause, if there's, is there some other underlying issue? Yeah, it was puffs, which are dissolvable. So we think that's probably what happened. Well, now we know, but we have to get to that. Yeah, but I'm saying.

At that night, that's like we were trying to like, okay that makes sense and the lady was like so I mean they were so nice but they were like don't overthink like she was eating she choked it was horrible but like this is like hopefully like it's not gonna yes kids can choke again but like hopefully you're never going to experience that again like there's nothing underlying like don't overthink it kind of thing I was like okay so go back to the house that week and like just tried to like start moving forward she um I mean every night at dinner, I would just cry and we just have waves of anxiety and emotions and trauma. But I'd look at her and I'm like, she's healthy. She's great. She was, I mean, was she not

like the happiest little thing? My mom, my dad said he thinks she met Jesus because she came back heavenly. I mean, which is like crazy to think about, but like she really was like so peaceful. And whenever I would start having that waves of anxiety, remember, she was like grabbing my face of both her hands, which was like so sweet. And she had never done that before. And she would just like laugh. So God was really. really comforting me through her and her health. And I was just like, okay, she's the game. And it was really sweet because the porch that I went out and did CPR, and I really didn't think I was going to be able to go out there the rest of the week, or sit in that chair,

sit on that swing or anything. And I kept feeling like the Lord just wanted to meet me there. And so I'd go out there and like sit with Kit and just like, thank God for her life. And that he met us there that he gave her life in that moment. And, you know, we ended up kind of leaving and just feeling like, God, thank you, you know, she's okay. Well, when we came back home, it was kind of like, okay, we're getting back to reality. We're trying to get back to reality. But I was struggling a lot with it. But, you know, I was like, it's okay.

I just kept talking myself. And one of the things I had to work through is I was like, I did ZPR. Like, and that's what like brought her back. And so I need to like be with her 24-7. And I had to really surrender that and release that and be like, no, like, God, you gave her life. Like, you put breath on her lungs. You number her days. Like, she's yours first.

And, like, just continue to kind of, like, give up that wrestle of wanting to, like, completely hover and just, like, can't let her out on my site or go back to work or do anything. So I kind of had started to work through it. Well, fast forward, I guess, like, two weeks later. And, um... Yeah, like two and a half weeks. We were about to... We were supposed to have been leaving for London because I was... I was speaking at this big conference there that we had been really looking forward to.

And we were like, okay, before we leave for London and we're gone for a whole month, let's like invite all of our friends over, have dinner for everybody, hang out. And so we invited them over on Sunday night. And it was actually like so interesting because I didn't think about this beforehand, but we were making tacos and we were making like guacamole and everything. And it was like so similar to that night that she chose. Like we hadn't done that sense, I guess, like made tacos and quos. and walk. And you know how like trauma just rolls in randomly. And so all of a sudden,

I started just kind of feeling really anxious. And Kit was in her high chair again, which we had like worked back up to her sitting in the high chair because she had kind of a little resistance to food for a little bit too. We had gone to her pediatrician. We had actually like we were about to start speech therapy, swallow therapy, all the stuff. So she and separation, anxiety that she was kind of having with food for me. Like it was like a whole thing. So we were our already going to work on all that. And so she was in her high chair and we had smoothie melts. And I hadn't like given her anything really like that since everything.

We'd given her some. Remember like when she was sitting on her lap and not in a high chair, which like all my kids ate smoothie melts and puffs, you know? I hadn't ever had a problem with that. But I put smoothie melts out there and I was like making dinner. And then all of a sudden I was like... No, you were making guacamole like you were doing that? I know.

So I get super. No, I didn't make guacamole. I was making tacos because I didn't want to make guac because I knew that was going to be like triggering. So my friend was. And I look over at her with those smoothie melts and I go, yeah, I'm sorry. I'm having so like this webbing anxiety.

I was like, I just, and I hadn't like told them the full story. And I said, this is actually just so similar to what happened because she was eating puffs. And it was puffs that kind of did it. And they were like, really? I was like, yeah. And I said, I'm just going to, I'm just going to throw all these ways. Sorry, this just stresses me out.

So like, through all the melancholy. melts away. And then I said, I'm just going to watch her for a minute. And she had completely swallowed the melt. Like, it was fine. Then I was giving her some avocado to like make sure it was like washed down, which by the way, the first night she never ended up eating the guac. So if you're thinking, is she allergic to avocado or is that? It's not that. That just happened to be what we were making. She never even had it the first night. But this night, she loved avocado so what she ate that like every day. I'm like, I'll let her like eat this to swallow it. Well, she did that. She was great. She was fine. All of a sudden.

turned around us to keep cooking. My friend is continuing to feed her avocado, and she just, like, screams. And, I mean, as soon as I looked at her, I knew it was about to happen again. So I, like, pick her up all over again, turns purple, goes limp. And how it's just like, oh, my gosh, oh, my gosh. Well, praise the Lord, my friend who was over there is a NICU nurse. And so I was just like, grace, like, screaming for grace. And she just, like, runs in. And she immediately starts, the back blows immediately like we go right into it. Christian calls 911. And at this point, I'm just on my face like praying just like, Lord you're good, God you're good, you're going to give her life.

You're going to do it again. You're going to do it again. And thankfully she came to and, you know, all the things. But at that point, it was just like so terrifying because then we knew like, okay, this is something different. Like she's not just choking. Like something is wrong. and Christian and I just sat in that room for like hours.

Our kids' room. The rest of our friends were there for like in the next two hours. They stay and play with Honey and Haven. We were just in the other room for a couple hours. Because it was just confusing. It was like we don't, like there were no answers. It's like you're traumatized. You're freaked out.

It's like discombobulated. You don't know like where your emotions are. We're about to leave the country for two weeks. So it's like, is all these. Yeah, it was so many things. It was all these competing things that it was just, at the end of the day it was just confusion. It was like we don't know what is happening. And so it's going to happen again.

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twice, but it was life-threatening both times. It was so scary. So we're, you know, telling him all this. And he hears us. And he's like so helpful. He's like, all right, like, we are going to do these tests today. And then he said, and I really want to get y'all into this doctor in Baton Rouge because she specializes in this. She's amazing at just E&T stuff, especially for the airway. And he said, I really think this might have to do with her Leringa Malaysia. But we need to rule out that this isn't something with her heart or this isn't something else. It's a little bit bigger.

Or neurological, because, you know, the whole going purple and the fainting is, like, obviously extremely scary. And so anyways, he sends us, you know, down to do some tests. and everything. At this point, we're just praying and we're praying for an open door into this doctor, and we're trying to figure out, are we going to tell this event that I can't make it? I mean, it was a global leadership conference. There's like 7,000 leaders from around the world. I'm supposed to be their main speaker, like, which obviously at this point, like, your child is the only thing that matters, but also they've had me booked for over a year. And I'm going to have to tell them, like, I can't come. They're going to have to find a replacement. And we don't even have answers.

Like, we don't even know, you know, I'm questioning myself. is, did she joke? Does she not choke? What is this? Like, you know. Is this spiritual warfare? Is this actually something wrong that we need to get fixed? Yeah, like, are we, what is happening?

Is this fear? Is this legitimate? And so anyways, we go through the local tests that we could do and everything looked fine from the local test. But we really need to get into that doctor in Baton Rouge. And it's so hard to get into a specialist in that timely of a manner. and so we're just praying. And that day, I remember going out in the grass and literally laying on my face, which I'd

never do to pray. I felt like in the Bible when it says, like, and they tore their clothes and, like, lay before the Lord. Like, I just felt so just like, God, I need you to reveal to us, like, what to do because this is my baby and we just need answers and just, like, speak, you know, and open the door. the only you can open. And we have all our prayer group praying for us and everything. And anyways, I get up from praying on the grass and I go grab my phone. I had a voice memo from the friend who owns a beach house who we were staying at. And this is so crazy because at this point,

the first choking incident was three weeks ago. Okay. And so when she texted me this three weeks ago, we never talked about kit choking, like the people who own the house. I never said to them like kid choked and this whole thing happened mainly because they didn't want them to like you know think of something so scary happened in their house because really the lord didn't meet us there and she was okay and so i just didn't know how to bring that up so i never did so we didn't even talk about us this is the first time she's reached out about it and this is three weeks later and uh it's this voice memo and underneath it there's a text that says sorry i felt like i need to just explain this and i was like what could this be and um because i had texted her the day before like

thanking her for everything. I'd finally said like something about the choking. And I was like, your house is such a house of peace, all this stuff. So then this is her response. And I was like, what could this be? And she said, my neighbors, our neighbors at the beach house called us, and they were weeping. And they wanted us to know that they haven't known what to do with this. And they didn't know if they should tell us or what they should do with this. But they are ringing camera picked up the whole moment that I was out on the porch with Kit doing CPR. And they said they have wept over the video because it has impacted their faith so much because of the faith I had over my daughter in that moment. And they said they've just watched it and they've

wept together and they prayed like, Lord, what do we do with this? Why do we have this video? and they said, we think Sadie should see this. And they said, I think she'll be encouraged by her faith in the moment and the thing she was saying. And so they sent it, ended up sending it the next day. But in that moment, it was so crazy because we didn't have any answers. We didn't have anything. But it kind of was like that rainbow moment again where I felt like the Lord just was saying, like, I see you, I've seen you, I've been with you this whole time. And I would have like never in a way on yours thought that that was good to be on camera.

actually that day whenever after everything happened, the next day I went outside on the porch to look and make sure there were no cameras because I was going to have to tell the house owners like, hey, this thing happened, there was no cameras, then that's why I didn't say anything. But the across-the-street neighbor's camera picked up this whole moment when we were on the porch outside

and the audio was like crystal clear, which was like the craziest thing. And it recorded 20 minutes. It recorded everything from the car. cops getting there like the whole thing I can't even believe it um but what was so helpful was that it did record all the audio and I was like oh my gosh like this is so helpful to show the doctor because like up till that point I couldn't explain to the doctor how bad it really was like how terrifying how unique it was because people were like every time we go into it it would be like

oh so did her lips turn blue I was like no her body turned blue it was like oh so did she choke yes, but was she coughing? No. Was she grunting? No. I can't explain it. And so anyways, okay, so that happens. Then we get a call that we actually got into this doctor in Baton Rouge and we can go see her like Wednesday. And this is Monday. I'm like, oh my gosh, praise the Lord. And so we go down Wednesday or Tuesday night and then this is such a God thing because the people, so I have a prayer group. There's like 10 women in it. Okay? Only like 10 women. And they live all over the country. And I send them, hey, we got into this hospital in Baton Rouge. I'm so thankful. Like, this is the answer to prayer, all the stuff. And one of the 10 people in our prayer group,

she goes, actually my husband works at the hospital. We just moved. We live 10 minutes away from the hospital if y'all want to stay with us. Now, the also significant thing about this girl is that I don't really, I hadn't really known her well. And the reason she's in my prayer group is because whenever I got pregnant with Kip, most of y'all know it was a surprise. And I was like, oh my gosh. And I was due the month of conference. And I was thinking, holy cow, this is going to be crazy. And she is one of Lauren Daigle's best friends and my friend Seth's best friend. And she texted them and was like, hey, I had this dream about Sadie. It was so crazy. And she like tells this whole dream. And it was a dream that like I was pregnant and I was supposed to be like leading a conference. And this is before anybody knew

I was pregnant. Like, we knew, but no one else knew. And so they sent it to me. And it was so accurate and on point that I was like, wow, this girl, like, the Lord put me on her heart. And she kept praying for her family for a couple months. Add her to the group. And I was like, I'm adding you to the group because you hear from the Lord.

So, like, that's just so crazy. So we ended up staying at her house. At this point, it was just you and your mom and Kit. I was still by calling. Yeah, you were staying with the girls. And we get down there. And I was just like, God, thank you for. us even staying at her house because you told her about kids life before anybody knew about kids life.

So I just was like reminded of his faithfulness and that like God has her days and God has had her, you know, in mind before the foundation of the world began. And here we are at this house who really prophesied over her life. So the whole thing was just like comforting to me. So we go into the doctor the next day and at this point like we don't know we're going to be admitted. We don't know anything. Like we're just like praying. we don't even know what we're praying. We're just like, Lord gives answers. And the specialist walks in who was amazing. And I actually was able to show her the video. And before any test, just from seeing the video, she goes, we're admitting you. Which was like such a blessing because

then we were able to cancel all of our London stuff and like know from that point on like, okay, we need to like fully like that's all off. Like we're just everything, we just have to find the answer. So we get admitted, before we even are fully admitted, she already goes ahead and does the scope to look at the larynge Malaysia. And within the first second, she goes, okay, I would definitely classify this as severe larynge Malaysia. And we already start talking about surgery. And it was like, whoa. But she was saying, before we kind of go down the whole route of surgery, we're going to do swallow study, we're going to do a heart, EKG, we're going to go down the neuropath, like we're, we're going to figure everything out because that is not normal, like,

what happened, obviously in the video. And so, um, so many, you know, fears, but also, like, okay, now we know, like, they're learning Malaysia was severe. We didn't know that before and all stuff. And so we're, we're just, like, thankful to be, like, in good hands and, like, someone who's, like, like, listening to us and taking it really seriously. So while back, we planted an apple tree in our yard. And it's been really special watching your kids learn that not everything happens overnight. Some things take time to grow. But a great lesson for the kids doesn't have to be a big ordeal for mom and dad. So the fact that FastGeren Trees made the whole thing so easy from picking it out to planning it was a total win for us.

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was having like it was the milk and everything was like penetrating the airway but not only that but she was having like minor aspirations whenever that was happening um which not good um and they actually said with her severe learning in Malaysia and the swallow study they said most babies who have this combo and look the way she looks um normally our failure to thrive like are in the hospital every single month since they were born with pneumonia they were like she is such a rare case and unique case because she is a severe case, but she doesn't present as a severely sick baby. Like the symptoms that you should. Yeah, they were like.

Because every nurse that came in and doctor was like, she looks too well to be in the hospital. And I was like, I know, like she seems fine, but like two moments, she was not fine. And it really was just like such a miracle, honestly, that we hadn't had issues before. So I'm so grateful for that. but that was also why it was like so confusing because we were like we would have never known, you know, like she was fine. So that was just like very eye-opening. Like, okay, Lord, like, thank you, God, for that you've been with us this whole time, you know,

and that she's been fine and that you led us here and we're getting the right help. And thankfully with those two things, it was kind of the answer to our problem. We didn't need to keep going down the neuropath or anything like that. And what was really interesting seeing that, I was like, oh, you can see now why it happened. Because the way that the milk was going into her airway, then it would come out and then go down the right pipe. They were like, if a puff went down there, it wouldn't have been able to swoop out and go down the right path. They would have gotten lodged. And because of her severe Lering in Malaysia, her entire airway was covered by this floppy skin.

And it wasn't able to open properly. and so anything like a puff would have like just completely covered her airway. Well, and they were thinking too that the second time it happened was more of like a reflux. Like a trauma trigger. Yeah. And so it was like good because like that made sense. It was like, okay, that makes sense. So then we were about to go into surgery.

So that was a Wednesday. She was going to do surgery on Thursday. And then they were like, let's just test her for any viruses. Just just to make sure. And then she came back positive for rhinovirus. So they were not able to do. to do the surgery the day that they were hoping to do it. So that pushed it back to, that pushed it forward to the next week. And then we were like, all right, well, y'all

got to get down here because I missed y'all too much. Yeah, so that was on Thursday. Me and the girls drove down Friday. You and your mom got an awesome Airbnb. It was super epic since we were going to be there for what looked to be a week. London was canceled, which was super sad, but this was of utmost importance. So me and the girls. Let's get there Friday. Everything's going great. We wake up Saturday and... Honey has bites all over her.

We're like, what the heck is that? So she has bites all over her. And then we start searching the bed and I see some little bugs and we're like, are you kidding me? Are these bedbugs? I didn't look like bedbugs. We're like, what is this? We reach out to the host and find out that there is a family that stayed there right before

us who had a dog with fleas. and they just sprayed for fleas before we got there, but that, you know, the person told them there was a chance, you know, they didn't get it all, and that it could have laid eggs, blah, blah. Well, they did not tell us that when we got to this Airbnb. We also had a roof leak, so there was, like, mold, and we all, like, felt really sick because of it. It had been downpouring the whole time we were there.

And just to top it all off that day, when I went to get ice from the ice maker, there was a frog in the ice maker. Okay. So we felt like the plague had hit us. We were like, what is happening? Oh my gosh. But at this point, we were like, I don't, like, which I know this sounds crazy, but like, we couldn't even think about moving because I was just like, we were so tired and everything

was going so crazy. And we're in Louisiana and we didn't want to go stay at a hotel because everywhere we went, everyone was recognizing us, which normally is a blessing and I love talking to people. But at this point, everyone's like, what are you doing here? and I didn't want to tell them what happened to Kit. And I was like, I just don't want to go stay in a hotel. And we're going to see people every day. And so we just washed all the sheets.

And so we would like, washed everything. We were like, nobody go in that room. Well, like, we just had to just make the most of it. So we just like stayed out of the house all day pretty much. And then we just like go sleep there. And thankfully there was no more bites. But it was pretty bad. Okay, it was pretty bad.

And so when we go into have the surgery the next time, it was the following Tuesday. And the night before, Kit had, like, the worst, like, croopy-s sounding cough. Which is something she's never had. She's never had croup. We've had croup with our other kids. She's never had croup. I'm like, are you kidding me? Not only am I scared for her, but I'm also like, what is happening?

So at this point, I'm so discouraged. But Paul's in the discouragement because that morning, that Tuesday, Monday morning, our friend Jen, who was the prayer warrior girl, she was like just trying to think of ways to bless us, which is so sweet. The hospitality, I mean, it was so servant-hearted. I think it's Romans 1213 that I keep talking about. It was like be eager to be hospitable to others. And I mean, that was her.

Like, it was so amazing. I just have to shout out just her and her, like, the way she showed us the love of the Lord. And she reached out because someone at her church that she knew owned an Iron Tribe gym. And she was like, Christian, I called him and was like, tell him the situation. and if you want to go work out there, that would be great just if you need to clear your head. To Christian, you call the guy.

I called the guy. He did not answer or return my phone call. What? You didn't even let me finish what I was saying. I called him. He didn't return my phone call, so I called Jen back, and then she put us in a group text, and then he responded to that.

And then he said, we have like a 5am class. That one's fully booked. You can come to the 545 workout class if you would want to. And I'm not much of, a group workout fitness person, nor classes, nor 545 in the morning. I hate working out early. It's not my cup of tea. So I show up to the gym at like 5.30, 540 rolls around. I'm sitting in the corner. You know, everyone's in this little local, in this little room waiting to go into the gym before the 5 o'clock class finished. I'm in the corner. I have my hat on. Had my beard at that time.

pretty incognito. And this girl walks up and she asks if I was married to Sadie and I was like, yes. And then she says, you know, I'm from Marouge, which is right next to where we live. She said that she had met you one time. And yeah, that was really about it. And so we did the workout. And I, did she text you before or did I mention? You were like, hey, I met someone that you met a long time ago.

And I was like, I was like, I couldn't think of it because honestly it was so crazy. I literally met this girl one time eight years ago. I had a dove hunt, which I don't even dove hunt. I went to dove hunting one time in my life. You don't hunt. I went dove hunting one time because if I did, I was like, okay. And anyways, met her. We kind of like, we totally hit it off.

We had a great conversation that day, but it was eight years ago. So I didn't know, like, her and her family lived in Baton Rouge. I didn't know, I don't know, like, what she does. I don't know anything. And we don't like keep in time. touch. And so she texts me, though, because we exchanged numbers that day. And she was like, hey, I actually just met Christian at the gym. Like, are y'all down in Baden Rouge? We'd love to see you. And I'm like, oh, yeah, like, that's so crazy. I said we actually are here. But for unfortunate

reasons, like, kids having to have surgery tomorrow. So, like, mentioned that. And she comes back asking what surgery it was, but I didn't respond yet. Because at this point, and I'm normally not this bad of a responder, but I had, like, 100 text messages because everyone must, like, check in on us, our friends and family that knew, and I just hadn't responded because there was like so much happening. And also, people had texted me from the first choking that I hadn't gotten back to because it's just been like so much. I was just trying to get through it. Also, I didn't even have social media downloaded at this time at all. My team was totally covering for me on that end. And so it wasn't like I was just clocked out. I was just like totally mom mode. And so and just

reading the Bible and like try to just like get through it. And so anyways, she texted me back and I hadn't responded. And now this is the Tuesday when we're going in with the croup cough. And I look at my phone and she texted me this prayer about going to the surgery. She's like when my son has surgery when he was a baby, this prayer really helped me. And I read the prayer out loud and like it was beautiful. And it actually helped me so much. It was like a liturgy. And after I read the prayer, the doctor comes in and she's like asked like, they're ready for surgery. Like kids like, totally, she's in the like prep room, like to go. And I'm like, hey, she had this cough last night. And it was kind of creepy. And I just wanted to let y'all know. And then the doctor was like, oh, I don't, I'm not feeling good about that. If you think it was like creepy. I was like, well, it really was. And I know a croop cough. Like my first, like my first born had RSV when she was a baby. My second has had croup. And it was croup. And I haven't heard her cough like that. She had this cough that she's never had in her life, and she had it Tuesday morning, the morning of her surgery.

So her first response was like, I think we should maybe push the surgery back to maybe next Monday. And at this point, I was like, are you kidding me? I was like, I'd love to lose my mind. And then she was like, well, maybe we could do Friday or maybe Thursday. I don't even know if she suggested Thursday first. She maybe said, okay, well, maybe we'll do Friday. But I was like, I don't care. as long as kids healthy.

Like, I will stay in this hospital. However long we need, kit has to be healthy. Like, we want to make sure, and I don't think she should go in with that cough either. And so at that point,

we're like, okay, and she's like, and I'm admitting you again to the hospital because we need to do breathing treatments. And I'm like,

okay, well, I'm also like, this is insane. So I read this prayer, and then I decided to sit here and, like, tell her the situation.

This one girl that I met Duff Hunting eight years ago, who also I haven't even texted my friends and family back. Which I've never in our heart. I've had a full marriage seen him go to a 5-45 workout. And so, anyways, I text her back.

And then she sends me this type. She's like, you're kidding. Okay, let me pause here too and say this whole Airbnb situation. One of the things I had just said out of my mouth, I was like, I know we're staying, but we're getting out of that Airbnb. Like, I really thought that the roof late might have contributed to like the croup cough because it could have been mold. I don't even know, but I was just like we got to get out of that house.

And so since we were going to be staying for like a whole other week, even though me and Kit were going to be in the hospital, I wanted them to get out. And so they were about to figure out the house situation. And I read her text. And she goes, this is unbelievable. She said, my son, the son who she was texting me, we prayed this before surgery. She said, at nine months old, which kids nine months old, he was classified with severe Loring in Malaysia.

He had the same surgery at the same hospital. And she's like, I've walked this road. I know this road. And then she says, and I actually am a speech therapist. and I specialize in swallowing. And I help kids who have gone through choking incidents. So I not only have walked this road of my own son, this is what I help people through.

And then without even knowing about our Airbnb situation, she goes, do you all need a place to stay while you're down here? Because my parents have an extra house that no one's in. And it's 10 minutes from the hospital. It's literally right around the corner from where we were saying. And she was like, y'all can stay there. Like, it's so peaceful.

It's like our family thing. And I'm like, what in the world? And again, it was like the rainbow moment. It was like God saying, I see you. I have you. I mean, talk about like Jehovah Jira. Like he is a provider, y'all. And that's why I said, I was tossed in the water, but I never went under.

And I went through the fire, but you were right there beside me. You were always on time. Like it was, I can't even testify more to that. I mean, it was so unbelievable. And so just when we wanted to be like so discouraged again, it was like the Laura saying, I'm in this, I'm with you. Because the one girl I met eight years ago who I know from Baton Rouge, I didn't even know she lived in Baton Rouge, has gone through the same thing. Also has like the experience to help get through it. Also has a house for us.

Are you kidding me? It's unbelievable. So then I'm just like telling her, you have no idea how much you saying that just like changed everything. for me in this moment. It just felt like God just said, like, I see you, I love you, I'm with you, I have kit, I have your family. And so she ended up coming to the hospital, bringing like the most kind gift basket.

So after the, you know, our sweet doctor asked to push the surgery back to next Monday. Not asked, recommended. Recommended, politely. That did not sit well with me. I was very frustrated. And she recommended maybe Friday.

And I was just, I was on the air, Sadie wanted to be admitted. I was on the air of like, I didn't want to be in the hospital the next couple days. We'll go buy our own nebulizer. We'll go to the house, which was not the, you know,

best thing to say in this moment. The doctors leave. I'm super mad, super frustrated. Sadie's mad at me. I'm not comforting her the way I should be. And she hits me with the, just going to walk,

you know, just used to. I was actually trying to be encouraging. because I've gotten that advice on this podcast. Someone had just recently said whenever they're in a fight, like it helps if you go in a walk or take a shower.

So it's actually trying to be sweet about it and let you hire your moment. And I was like, hey, I think you should go on a walk. That's all I said. I was like, I think you should go on a walk. It was not that tone. But it was...

You don't think it was. It was not that tone. You told me going to walk. You said, please get out. Because you kept insisting on saying. I was like, please leave. I'm just saying. You made it clear.

You did not want me in the. room with you. Yeah. So I felt like I failed. We have this big fight moment. I come back in. I'm apologetic. I'm trying to be apologetic. And then we're just, we're going to be admitted. We're going here for a couple of days. You asked me go get coffee. And then we kind of have another little, squirmish, you know, some more words were thrown. And then I failed. More words were thrown. I failed. The words were, I think you should go. And then you said, yeah, I think you should go. And then I said, just text me what you want, bro. Yeah, that was rude.

Which was very rude. But I was just struggling. And I'm not excusing that. But I apologized many times. I was out of line for saying that. I walked out. I walked out. And my first word, my first thought was like, it was an expletive.

Was that like a, my first thought was like, poop. But the other, you know, version of poop. I was like, why did I just say that? That was truly what I thought. So came back from coffee. I felt like I was in a good headspace at this point, you know? And then meanwhile, Sadie's texting her mom, like, please come switch with Christian. One thing we realized is going through things in our marriage is like you can have different responses to things and it can sometimes be hard whenever you have two different perspectives of like I felt like protected by the Lord that our surgery was.

moved and Christian felt angry about that. You know, I felt like, oh, okay, good. Like, kids are going to be in a better place. And then he doesn't know because he wasn't there at that time. Like, Aaron's texting me and she's like, all the stuff and it's such a miracle. So I'm in the space of like, oh my gosh, like this is so good. Like, we're okay. Yes, we have to be in the hospital for a few more days.

But I'm like testifying. I'm like preaching. Well, I was. He's just like mad. At that point, Aaron, the friend comes up to the hospital. And like I said, I haven't seen her. in a lot of years, and it was just like such a blessing for her to show up. She had, like, the most kind gift basket.

I mean, over the top, just, again, back to, like, the love of the Lord and the hospitality. I love in first John, it says, like, no one's ever seeing God, but we see God through the way that we love one another, or God's love is perfected in us. And so I just felt like we really were met with that kind of love from the church. And those, Jen and Aaron actually went to the same church, but they didn't know how we connected. It was so crazy. And anyway, she ended up sitting there with us. she brought all these papers for me to read like speech, you know, path papers about

learning in Malaysia and swallowing and choking and ways to strengthen the airway and ways to strengthen her core and like all this different stuff. And then not to mention like was able to share with me just mom to mom and her son going through it at nine months old and his symptoms which were so similar to kits and then how he recovered and what they walk through. And while she's up there, actually the specialist, the doctor that was doing the for kit came in the room, which if you've been in the hospital, you know, like, those moments with the doctor are pretty brief and fast. And it was a blessing that she was in there because

she was able to ask all these questions that I wouldn't have thought about and then share a little bit about what she does. And so the doctor was like, oh, well, she can be, you know, your speech biologist after this. Like, she can help you with the whole swallowing stuff because we were going to have to go to that therapy anyways and find a therapist. But she, like, now we have our therapist, which is just like so crazy because she used to practice for like eight years. And then now she's a stay-at-home mom with her boys, but she was like, I'll just help y'all. Like, I'll just walk through it as a mom and a friend in any way that I can help. It's just like the biggest blessing ever.

And then she, like, assessed Kit, like, let her do a whole, she, like, did a little swallow study with her. And then did some just moves to kind of help her a little bit and just full assessment. And it was just the biggest blessing. Like, I just felt like, thank you, Jesus. And then we ended up getting to push surgery up because Kit was doing really. really go with her breathing treatment. So we were able to do it Thursday. And when we did the surgery, it was wild because getting to see the pictures of like the before and after were so crazy. It was severe. I mean, her airway was like so covered. Even like pictures that had loads up beforehand

didn't even do it justice to what kits really was. And so just like, wow, thank you, Lord, that we're in this place. Thank you, Lord, that you provided. And while we were there, we got to meet other families who were going through just like really, really, really hard things. But hearing how God was meeting them was so crazy and got to pray with people. And it was just, it was wild. But we left the hospital the next day. We got discharged and actually even got to go to Aaron and her husband Taylor's house, hang out with their family.

And she was able to assess kit again. And even just from the days before surgery to the day after surgery, kids' dramatic improvement and how she was eating and taking the bottle and her demeanor. And now she wasn't noisy breathing. Her breathing was immediately silent. And which was kind of weird for me to get used to. I feel like I had gotten so used to her noisy breathing. I'm like, is she okay? I'm like, well, that's the way we all breathe. You know, like, that's how she's supposed to sound. But she was just doing really great. And so we like could not be more thankful when we look back at that and we're like, wow, God, like you really did provide in the absolute craziest ways

in ways that, like, you can't make up, and you really were always on time. And all these worship signs came to my, and I said the Lord, and you heard and answered. Like, there's so many different things and so many different scriptures that I felt like we were just, like, watching play out. And it just reminded us, like, okay, the God we're reading about the Bible is the God that we serve. And it has changed the way that I pray. It has changed the way that I worship. I mean, even before we went through the second round, in between the first choking,

the second choking, remember we spoke at the first. that church in Dallas. And I was just bawling right before I was supposed to speak. I had to get someone's makeup back to fix my makeup because we were singing like dead things come alive in the name of Jesus. And like, I don't know, just like it hits different when you're worshipping from a place of like you've seen it. And I've said this before and I'll say it again.

Like, you know, you don't ever really want to have to experience a miracle. Because when you experience a miracle, that means you had to go through a moment of desperation and complete dependency. And those moments, you're out of control and it's terrifying. But then when you experience the miracle, you're like, God, I cannot deny the evidence that you're here, that you're faithful. And not just in providing breath in kids' lungs, which was the miraculous thing we're so grateful for, but then providing everything along the way from the house to stay at with

the friend that he gave the word to, from the workout class, you running into this one person that literally had the same story and was a speech pathologist and had a home for us to go stay in and be at peace the rest of the week and to assess kit and the and the specialist who was there and then down to our anesthesiologist who literally that was the craziest thing he looked at Christian he was like my sister-in-law is the girl from jiu jiu jitsu who beat you up in last week's episode of Doug dynasty like what what are the odds of that and Thank you moment. I mean, what?

And then both of them were like, we have three daughters. We're taking care. I mean, it was just like, I just felt so held. And so I look back and I'm like, man, God, you were with us, but it was pretty wild. And so we, it's always hard to, like, step back into reality after you go through something like that. And I just felt like, like posting on social media to me can feel so. Disingen.

Yeah. When you're like, y'all, I don't even. even know, like, I'm just like smiling here, but like, whoa, like, this has been insane. And not that, like, you have to share your whole life with the world. We don't have to. But I do feel like God has allowed us to. And I feel like I kind of do that in a different way. I'm not like on my stories every day talking about it because to me, like personally and mentally, that's not good for me. Like, I have to like be where I'm at, where my feet are planted. And then I like like to come on a podcast and be like, okay, here's where we've been. Here's what happened.

here's like the reality of it. And so it's never that I want to like paint a picture that it's not. It's just I can't like be present in social media and be present in my life at the same time without that having a toll. And so I'm so grateful that I wasn't on social media and was able to just like really be where my feet were and not. Because I think what happens is like we take on the worries of the world while we have like so many of our own worries. And I just felt like I cannot think about anything else right now except for this. and God, you're going to, like, meet me where I'm at, and then one day, like, I'll be able to share and go back. And so I'm thankful, like, a month and a half later, and we're sharing. So I'm really grateful, and Kit's doing great.

Here we are. Here we are sharing the story. And you're doing great. And we're both doing great. Truly, like, in our marriage, is what Freddie said to me last night. She said, in the past, like, I've seen y'all walk through these things and it's been, like, so hard and shakes your faith. And she said the fact that y'all both come out, like, testifying to the goodness of God. and not doubting the goodness of God is a huge change in our life.

That is true. Big change. Big change. Big change. Major key. Major key alert.