Friday, January 11, 2008

Prayer for baby Justin

I happen to know a lot of the people who check in on us here are in the habit of praying, so I'd ask you to remember Justin and his family in your prayers at this time.

Justin, Born August 8, 2007, has a congenital heart condition. He was admitted to the hospital for what was to be a fairly routine (outpatient, essentially) procedure earlier this week. Since then, he has really struggled, and his heartbeat and breathing have stopped twice in the last few days that I know of, once for almost 30 seconds. He's being given a temporary pacemaker so that he can be transferred in preparation for a surgery on Monday. He's a beautiful little child and deeply loved, and I covet your prayers for his healing and recovery, and for the strength and wisdom of those caring for him at this critical time.

Read more about Justin here at his family's blog.

4 comments:

Susan in PA said...

I looked at Fourtran. She quotes an Erma Bombeck not-quite-humor piece. Life has to be faced fully-armed.

I pray Eddie and Dana Chade are thriving (have Daniel refresh your memory if needed), and that it's God's will for Justin to travel a different road than they.

Susan in PA said...

Hey Nikki, shake off that bug!!!!

It looks like our prayers for Justin are bearing fruit. Grab those fingers and hang on tight, little buddy.

Jon, Erin, Talia, and Elliana said...

Hi Nikki,

We have been praying for little Justin (he has even joined Talia's bedtime prayers). Jon and I have been checking their site daily for updates. We haven't seen any updates in several days and we are hoping and praying that everything is going well.

Anonymous said...

Papa has been checking the posts on Justin regularly and we have been praying for him in our small group.