She is born!

The neonatal team will now try to stabilize her heart and watch the brain and liver. If she responds, they will transport her to Syracuse for treatment.

Please pray that she survives this next step, that her heart heals completely, and that all affected organs repair themselves.

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.

–psalm 112

tests are showing congenital heart failure and a swollen brain with fluid around it.

a specialist is being flown up from syracuse to perform a c-section.

pray, please pray.

(posted 4pm EST)

Just got a call from back home. Brietta went in for her usual tests this morning, but results were alarming, indicating that the baby may have heart trouble — among other things.

Brietta, Daniel, and the doctors have some major decisions to make, and quickly. Please pray for wisdom for them, grace to overcome fear, and health for our little princess.

…And if someone in Bri’s xanga crowd could post this where her readers might see it, that’d be great.

My mother’s comment reminded me that I was going to include my rationale for seasonal decorations in September. :)

1: It is Septmber!

2: I am going out of town next week and will be gone for 2.5 weeks. I’m also leaving for the Christmas holidays on December 13th. So my reasoning goes like this: In order for me to fully enjoy my Christmas decorations, I need to get them up promptly the day after Thanksgiving. Therefore, in order to get full enjoyment out of my autumn decorations, I need to make sure they’re up before I leave town this month.

3: I want to make sure they’re up this week so that Ryan can enjoy them when I’m gone. He likes the seasonally-appropriate house, too. :)

4: Sheri sent me enough fall candles that I can enjoy them every night. And you can only smell spiced pumpkin for so long before you get itchy about decorating.

5: Since I’ll be going to the beach in September and October, I figured I’d have to work extra-hard at convincing myself that we’re moving along in the calendar year. (How do people out here keep track of time, anyway?)

Okay. That’s all.

:)

(You can laugh, Mom.)