Having never known anyone with a heart defect, I have found "comfort" and friendship in getting to know several other families who also have babies with heart defects, especially Ethan's same heart defect - HLHS.
Tonight, I come to you requesting extra prayer for another HLHS family from New Orleans - Kent & Jessica Caperton and their baby Julianne (see link on the right to their blog). Julianne is about 6 weeks younger than Ethan and was supposed to have her second heart surgery on Feb. 21 in Boston, MA, but when they arrived a few days prior for pre-op and Julianne's heart cath, the doctors learned that she's having some poor heart function. Therefore, they have postponed her surgery until this Thursday, March 6th. I won't go into all the details here, you can read more on their blog, but long story short, this surgery will be more risky than usual because of her poor heart function so they are requesting as many prayers as possible. They have even requested/given permission for everyone reading their blog to pass the word along to be praying and even post a link on your own blog/website if you have one so we can get as many people praying as possible.
Please join me in prayer for Julianne and her family as her surgery quickly approaches. Pray for extra wisdom and skill for her doctors and surgeons and also peace for Jessica & Kent (Julianne's parents) as they await the results of the MRI and surgery. She will be having an MRI of her heart and head tomorrow to learn more about the poor function then surgery will be the next day. This family has already been so much with this little girl and this week seems to have been very difficult for them. They were very thoughtful to post a blog entry about Ethan last month when he had his 2nd surgery so now it's time for us to return the favor for them!
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I'll be praying for them. How vividly I remember that anxiety of wondering whether your child will make it to/through the next surgery. Praying fervently...
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