9áYEARáOLD LOUIE SCHNEIDER
MADE HIS LAST TRIP TO THE
HOSPITAL TODAY. HIS SEND OFF
WAS FIT FOR A KING. AS DOZENS
OF FIRST RESPONDERS FROM
ACROSS CENTRAL ARKANSAS LINED
HIS ROUTE TO ARKANSAS
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
((DONNA)) HIS PARENTS SAY HE'S
SEEN SPECIALIST AFTER
SPECIALIST áá BUT HIS TERMINAL
ILLNESS IS BRINGING HIS SHORT
LIFE TO AN END. ((KEVIN)) FOX
LIVE LAST MONTH. BUT HIS MOM
KRISTY SAYS LOUIE WOKE UP
ABOUT 10 DAYS AGO AND SAID
HE'S READY TO GO. BUT THERE
WERE A FEW THINGS HE WANTED TO
DO BEFORE HE LEAVES THIS
EARTH. AND AS OF TODAY.... HIS
MISSION IS COMPLETE.
DRIVING BY A LONG LINE OF
FIRST RESPONDERS LIKE THIS
USUALLY MEANS EMERGENCY áá BUT
HIS (LAST DREAM COME TRUE. "I
said 'baby why are you so
excited?' and he said because
I'm seeing Jesus soon." ABOUT
150 PEOPLE AND 30 AGENCIES
AROUND CENTRAL ARKANSAS WISHED
HIM WELL ON HIS WAY TO
ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
WITH HIS MOM KRISTY BY HIS
SIDE. "Sure enough Louie was
so excited. Like he would roll
that Louie does." LOUIE AND
HIS BROTHER PETER WERE ADOPTED
BACK IN 2014. KRISTY SAYS THEY
KNEW HE WAS DEVELOPMENTALLY
DELAYED AND HAD SOME
CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES...
HIS EXACT CONDITION IS UNKOWN.
"We had no idea the medical
road we would walk." IN THE
SUMMER OF 2017, HE STARTED
HAVING SEIZURES. "And all of
those things are basically
working together to just cause
his body to shut down." "I
will hold on to and miss most
the way Louie looks at me.
When he would grab my little
face and he'd want you to look
OF THEM ALL TOGETHER. BUT
FINDS PURPOSE IN HER PAIN. "We
know that there's beauty in
the fact that it's a see you
later, it's not a goodbye."
"Be safe. I love you. 10á4"
AND LOUIE KNOWS THIS RECEPTION
IS ONLY THE BEGINNING OF THE
CELEBRATION WAITING FOR HIM IN
HEAVEN.
((REBECCA)) KRISTY SAYS IT
COULD BE HOURS OR DAYS BEFORE
LOUIE DIES. SHE SAYS HIS
LEGACY IS LOVING THE LORD AND
ALL PEOPLE WELL. THEY'RE
KEEPING THEIR FAMILY OF 6 VERY
CLOSE AND WALKING THROUGH THIS
DIFFICULT TIME TOGETHER.
((DONNA))
((REBECCA))