To all our family and friends:
The past seven months has been a rollercoaster of emotion. We found out at the end of July that Britt was pregnant with our third child. On the 6th of November we had our first ultra sound which revealed that our third child would also be our first son. We were very excited and looking forward to having our little boy. On that same ultra sound the doctor had a couple of concerns. The doctor referred us to a specialist which we saw for the first time on November 11th. The specialist said that our little boy had several problems that appeared to be the affects of a disorder called Trisomy 18 “Edwards Syndrome”. The specialist took an amnio to make sure that was problem. At the time we didn’t know what to expect. We only knew that we wanted our little boy to be with us. We scheduled another visit with the doctors to go over the test results and tried to prepare ourselves. On the 13th of November the doctors concluded that our son Cache Norman Spieth did in fact have Edwards, and that the next couple of months would be difficult. The doctors were not lying, we had several more visits and on the 16th of December we found out that Cache was starting to show signs of decreasing growth and that he would probably not make it to full term. Through a lot of prayer and council from the Doctors we decided to early birth on the 29th of December. The only thing we could do was hope and leave the rest to our Father in Heaven. On the 29th the Doctors could not find a heart beat and after a short labor Cache was delivered as a stillborn on the 30th at 11:35 am. Cache was 1 lb 3.6 oz and 12 inches long. We spent the next several hours holding our son and saying good bye. We are thankful to have been able to hold him and see his perfect little feet. We know that things won’t be easy but we are grateful for the knowledge that we will be able to see him again. The Lord never gives anyone more than they can handle and we know that we will make it through.
We will be holding a short grave side on Friday the 2nd of January 2009 in the Alamo, Nevada Cemetery at 3:00 pm.
We would like to thank you all for your love and support and may the Lord bless your lives.
The Spieth Family
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My heart goes out to you and your family, Brit.
ReplyDeleteYou are a strong woman Brit and have a wonderful family!! My heart and prayers are with you are you are morning the lose of someone so precious. This is a trial that I would not wish on anyone! I pray that you will have comfort, peace and know that you are loved. I pray that your son Cache will be able to be with you in spirit through the remainder of your life. My love and support is with you!!
ReplyDeleteBritt, today was beautiful. Thank you for letting us be a part. I know I have no words or actions that can help. Just know that we think you and Mat are amazing. You are such inspirations to us. Cache had such a short mission on earth and yet touched so many lives. Imagine the impact he's having on the other side. We love you.
ReplyDeleteMuch love to your family. You're all in our prayers.
ReplyDeleteBritt, I have always stinking adored you. I know there is alot of geography between us right now, but I wanted you to know that I love you so much. You are such an amazing person. I love your laugh and your friendship. Know that we have you and your beautiful family in our prayers.
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