HEARTBREAKING UPDATE: Doctors have told the family of 2-year-old Malachi LeBlanc that their little boy is brain dead.
But his mother is still praying for him to wake up.
And if the miracle she is begging for does not come, Grace LeBlanc says her little boy could become a miracle for another child.
Less than 24 hours ago, I shared Malachi’s story and asked you to pray for this San Antonio,
Texas family after the 2-year-old was found unresponsive in a swimming pool.
In the early hours of this morning, Grace turned on her camera and poured out her heart.
She says Malachi was found unresponsive Wednesday while on a playdate as she was at work. EMS arrived within minutes and performed lifesaving measures, but she says a pulse was not restored until he reached the hospital.
Malachi has remained in the pediatric intensive care unit since then.
Grace says doctors performed multiple tests to determine whether his brain showed activity and whether he could breathe on his own.
Then came the words no mother should ever have to hear.
She says the tests showed his brain was not capable of telling his lungs to breathe, and that doctors declared him brain dead.
But Grace is not ready to stop praying.
“I have a faith that can move mountains, and I’m telling this mountain to move in Jesus’ mighty name.”
At the same time, this family has made an incredibly selfless decision.
Grace says they have agreed to donate Malachi’s organs if the miracle they are praying for does not happen.
“If the Lord chooses not to give us a miracle that we have been praying fervently for, then Malachi can be that miracle for another child who’s in desperate need of an organ.”
Because the organ donation process is underway, Grace says doctors are continuing to support Malachi’s body as the family waits.
I cannot imagine what it takes for a mother to hold those two realities in her heart at the same time.
To pray with everything inside her that her baby wakes up, while also agreeing that if he does not, another mother or father might get to bring their child home because of him.
Grace says she understands what doctors have told her. She is simply asking people not to stop praying.
So tonight, that is what I’m asking you to do.
Pray for Malachi.
Pray for Grace and Myron.
Pray for everyone who loves this little boy.
