My FB update
Thank God! Selah's kidney function test has come down to almost normal levels~ she still is having fever, higher than normal blood pressures and a high heart rate. Please continue praying! Big News, she coughed a little cough tonight! Not when they suctioned her but just lying there. PRAY that she will cough more and get her gag reflux back! If she did, she wouldn't need a trach~! Mommy would be soooo happy!!!
I am so happy for the cough! The nurse was in the room and heard it also, this is the first one she has had. She didn't cough when suctioned but right before. Please Please pray she will cough more!!!!
Today she seemed more alert at times. Of course we have been told there is no intelligent function there, only brain stem responds... I don't know but at times we sense she is there. Today was one of those times we felt she was responding to us with her eyes. Please pray that we'll see more responses.
Well I have been moved back to the main Ronald McDonald House with the family. There were some critical cases and she is less critical. That is a GOOD thing:) We appreciate RMH so much for everything they've done for us. In a sense I am relieved to be back with the family at night and we are only a couple of blocks over from the hospital. As much as I appreciate the In Hospital RMH, there was just an feeling of sadness there, I think I reacted to it by having the bad dreams. I am not used to being alone at night either and I think that made me uneasy also. I hope she will just continue on the road to recovery and we will never have to be housed there again. I pray for the new family coming to take our place that God will be with them. I generally stay with Selah until pretty late, last night I stayed till 1am, I was just too unsettled to leave her.
So please keep praying for her and for us. God is faithful and I thank Him for these answers to prayer. It has lightened my heart, amazing what a little cough can do!!!!!
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Praise God!!!!
ReplyDeleteSuch good news! Praising God for the victories and continuing to believe for her complete recovery. Thank you Jesus! ~ Stacey
ReplyDeleteContinuing to pray...
ReplyDeleteThank you God for a cough!
ReplyDeleteI'm so happy to hear about the cough! Alleluia! What a beautiful sound for you to hear.
ReplyDeleteGood girl Selah! You keep on getting stronger baby!!
ReplyDeleteSO happy for you that she is improving and deemed "less critical". Sleep well dear mama. God is watching over your baby for you. xoxo
Luke 18:1 "And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint"
ReplyDeleteWe've prayed day in and day out, and it seems as though we're not any better for it. This verse lets us know that no matter how long we've already prayed, don't get tired of praying. God always answers prayer! Sometimes the answer is "yes", sometimes "no", and sometimes it's "wait". I'll be a witness that the hardest thing about waiting is to wait, but God does all things well in His own time! Sometimes we're not ready for what God has in store for us, so while He prepares us, we need to learn how to wait! Don't give up, and don't give in.....don't stop praying!!
Luke 18:1 "And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint"
ReplyDeleteWe've prayed day in and day out, and it seems as though we're not any better for it. This verse lets us know that no matter how long we've already prayed, don't get tired of praying. God always answers prayer! Sometimes the answer is "yes", sometimes "no", and sometimes it's "wait". I'll be a witness that the hardest thing about waiting is to wait, but God does all things well in His own time! Sometimes we're not ready for what God has in store for us, so while He prepares us, we need to learn how to wait! Don't give up, and don't give in.....don't stop praying!!
Thank you Jesus for giving HOPE in such a small thing as a cough. Lord, you often work that way, revealing bits and pieces. We continue to ask for your mercy on little Selah, God, that she would be healed and restored here on earth. We ask in the name of your precious Son and our Saviour, Jesus!! Amen and Amen!!
ReplyDeletePraying for Selah! So much hope and prayer for her recovery. Have you tried to contact the International Brain Injury Association? (IBIA)? They maybe able to point you in a direction for certain doctor contacts and studies, and hopefully help. They are located in Alexandria VA at 703 960 0027. Hope they can help!
ReplyDeleteWhat wonderful news! We are praying for Selah every day.
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