Monday, June 09, 2008

Emily Grace (June bug)

I haven't posted anything on baby Emily since she was born. But, here is the latest, well the latest as of Saturday anyway. You can get all the details, as well as pictures on Joel and Renee's blog

On Thursday they stopped giving her prostoglandin to see if her heart would be able to function normally (see here for details). It didn't. So they resumed the medication. At the time, the doctors said that this automatically means open-heart surgery. But, on Saturday when I talked to Renee she told me that they were going to try one more time—today. Apparently they think there is still a chance to avoid surgery. When I think of that tiny little chest getting cut open... Anyway, with God there is more than a chance to avoid surgery. Please pray that God would intervene and enable her heart to sustain the necessary blood flow.

She is a beautiful little baby and she is one week old today.

2 comments:

Jim said...

She's certainly on our list. Best to her parents, and you too.

Anonymous said...

mother had a similar experience with a heart medication. When she was in IC, they tried the drug using the standard dosing plan but she started to fail. A day later they tried a more gradual approach and she responded.

Life is tenacious.