If our wonderful Lord and Savior could be overwhelmed, I believe he would be by the amount of intercession that has come before his glorious thrown on behalf of an eleven day old little girl with a sick heart named Payton.
Well, we can be overwhelmed, and we are. Thank you for taking the time to ask God to be with, protect, and heal our little girl. He is so good.
Things are still going well since her chest was closed on Thursday. They are continuing to wean her off of her meds. She got at least three tubes that were in her to help remove fluids from her body removed recently, two that went into her chest on each side and one that went into her abdomen area. She looks a lot less puffy today, and they have even been giving her some of mom's milk via a feeding tube that is currently down her throat with the ventilator tube. Her eyes were glassy and wandering, but today they are clearer and able to focus better. The doctor said today that their goal is to have her off most of her meds by Wednesday. If that happens they will be able to take out the ventilator, which means we will get to hold her soon after that!
We would love to have you join us in praying that Payton would continue to do well as they wean her off her meds. Her blood sugars have been a little up and down lately (she had a 24 earlier today, which is really really low, and she has been as high as 280 since her chest was closed). Pray that her sugars would level out at an appropriate spot and stay there. Continue to pray for that her neck, that the Lord would heal it perfectly and that she would not have a scar there or need a skin graph. Pray that she would be ready to come off the ventilator by Wednesday or before, we are really excited to hold her again! Finally, it would be great if you could join me in praying for Heather. She is recovering, but slowly.
UM Staff family - We hope you are having a great time at May Daze! We love you and wish that we could be there with you.
Also, sorry that the second site I posted earlier didn't work. Here is the corrected site address:
http://www.med.umich.edu/cvc/mchc/parint.htm
Then just follow the instructions from the May 2nd post entitled "Long Day".
2 comments:
Hey guys,
Thanks for keeping us up to speed on the situation. We are still praying every chance we get that the Lord will give you strength and heal Payton up completely.
Ryan, Tiffany, Riley, and Jacob
Hi Guys,
Our prayers are going out to all of you daily. Our God is so gracious and such a comfort during these times. His strength is always there when we think we can't do much more. Payton is such a precious little doll. Even during these times she can minister to us as well as you to her. Again praying the Lord will continue to give you peace. Dennis and Jan
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