Re: Update on Baby Guest

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: Hiya mat and aimee, : praying for you...i dont know if you remember my brother timmy..he is mentally retarded : he is 30 years old and filled with so much love. when he was born doctors said he would not live very long but he did 30 years and still kickin God had another plan for him and i fell this to be true in my life. if it wasnt for timmy i would not be as loving. there is some kind of special grace on him. hang in there you two...you are loved. kris kingsford : : : I finally had a chance to sit down and do some emailing so here's the : : latest. : : The Begining: : : Aimee went into labor at about 10:30 pm Friday night when her : : water broke. We were at home at the time. We quickly packed up, loaded up : : the car, packed up my 21month old daughter, Micah, and drove her over to a : : friend's house nearby. We arrived at Baptist hospital around 11:30 or so and : : the baby was born at 12:39 am. So all said, Aimee was in labor about 2 hours : : (WOW). And this she did "a la natural..." : : Stats: : : Jael Sarai Guest : : 7 lbs, 3.25 oz : : 20.5 inches long : : nice head of dark hair and a full set of chubby cheeks (on both ends...8) : : We knew from about half way into the pregnancy when an ultrasound told us : : that Jael had a birth defect. We were told at that time that the radius was : : missing from her left forearm. Because of that we were scheduled another : : ultrasound to take place at about 3/4's of the way into the pregnancy. At : : neither ultrasound did they find anything else unusual or that required : : concern. We began trying to adjust to what life life might be like raising a : : child who only has the use of one arm. Yesterday she was born and we felt : : pretty encouraged and ready to embrace life with her. It was so very : : difficult to watch as the doctors and nurses began to have trouble keeping : : her color up. They ended up rushing her to the nursery and then on to the : : neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Within a couple of hours a doctor : : approached us and informed us of a probable heart condition that was : : preventing Jael from getting the oxygen she needed. We were allowed to see : : her briefly but then the decision was made to transfer her over to : : Vanderbilt's NICU so that a Pediatric Cardiologist could arrange her : : supervision and surgery. : : God's Blessing: : : Since that time (she is just now almost two days old), she has been : : stablized. We've learned that all babies have a couple of features that help : : blood to flow from chamber to chamber within the heart while unborn that go : : away the first few days/weeks after birth. These features in Jael seem to be : : perfectly formed and generous enough so that with a little medicine to help : : those features stay open and functioning, she has been taken off of her : : oxygen as of this afternoon. We have also been informed that because of : : these features and the fact that she is showing wonderful strength and : : improvement... and because God has given her an otherwise healthy looking : : heart, that the cardiologist predicted a 95% chance that she will make it : : through the surgery. While there is always that 5% looming in the : : background, we feel extremely encouraged by this hope. : : Add to all of this the fact that we have been flooded with calls and notes : : from people from all over. Friends who have told friends to pray for us. : : Churches from Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, and elsewhere who have added us : : to their prayer lists. Tonight a couple showed up with their 13 year old : : son. (a strapping lad who could easily have taken me should he have : : chosen to do so) just to tell me that they had been visiting my church this : : morning for the first time and heard the announcement about us and just HAD : : to come let us know that things can and will work out ok. Their son had had : : the same condition my daughter now has. He, too, had undergone open heart : : surgery at the age of less than a week old and was now 13 and in wonderful : : health. Wow, what a blessing that was that they would take the time and : : trouble to come up to the hospital, locate me, all to bring me that : : simple message when they not only did not know : : me but had never even been to my church before. We have been overwhelmed : : and felt extremely loved by our friends and family over the past 48 hours : : and Aimee and I appreciate it more than we can convey. Thank you to those of : : you who are praying for us and for Jael. : : What's Next: : : Tomrrow (Monday) we should learn approximately when Jael will have her surgery. : : Please continue to pray. This is open heart surgery and is extremely : : dangerous for anyone, especially babies so young and fragile. Anything could : : and still might happen that could change her condition for the worse. I'll : : try to keep you guys posted on our progress. I'll also try to get a picture : : or two up for anyone who'd like to see who they're praying for. : : Thanks, Guys. : : With love, : : -matT

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