Wednesday's Prayer Requests

Willow had a good night. She was very restful (probably because of the drugs). Today they have weened most of her drugs down, and have turned her ventilator down. This morning they did an echo cardiogram of her heart to see how it was looking after surgery. The leak in her heart we put in our prayer request from yesterday has already gone from moderate to mild. Her surgeon was very happy about that - she even called it a home run! So our prayers are being heard!

Wednesday Prayer Requests:

1. They have continued to see if she can go without her pacemaker, but at this time the heart block is still present. This is our biggest prayer request as we're just 24 hours out from the surgery and we specifically want her heart to beat faster on its own and the chambers to communicate better. Again, if she isn't off the pacemaker in 7-10 days it means that she'll have another open heart surgery to put in a permanent pacemaker.

2. Pray that she would get off the ventilator in the next 24 hours, which is the doctor's goal as well.

3. She has fluid on her left lung and they commented that once that goes down her heart may beat better as well, so please pray that it goes away quickly.

4. The doctor said that she'll be more comfortable once the chest tube is out, so we're praying that happens soon.

Thank you for being our tribe and praying us through this time. You have no idea how much we appreciate each and every one of your prayers.

(I inserted a video from a few weeks ago below so we don't forget who we are praying for;) and to remind me there is a smiling baby in there, waiting to come back to me.)