Hi -- I just received a call from Jalene Matthews, a dear friend in Campobello.
Jalene is 5 months pregnant, and she and her husband, Stefan, just found out yesterday that her baby (girl) has hypoplastic left heart syndrome. This is a VERY SERIOUS CONDITION.
They will be meeting with a doctor in Portland, Maine the first week of January as to whether surgery is possible when the baby girl is born (4 months from now). The doctor asked Jalene if they would consider aborting the baby now, but they said an emphatic, “NO!”
She called me this morning, very upset, asking for prayer. She wants as many people to know as possible, so I told her I would send out an email to the prayer warriors. She also asked me to put it on the blog and wherever. I reminded her that GOD IS IN CONTROL and to keep her head, not panic, and to pray. To stand as in 2 Chronicles 20 (like I did last year when going through all my treatments; the battle is not hers, but the LORD’s!).
Pray for wisdom for the doctors, that this baby be HEALED in utero, that when she is BORN, that the heart WILL BE THE NORMAL SIZE. Right now, she is living off her mother. Pray and imagine that left ventricle growing to normal as you pray for this sweet little girl yet unborn, but LIVING!
Pray that God would over-ride any news given by the doctors (I know this to be true!).
Pray for peace for Jalene and Stefan — that they will realize that God is in control; to not panic but to remain calm; to stand and see the deliverance of the LORD in this situation; to praise and thank Him for His healing of their little girl.
Jalene’s email is
PLEASE PUT THIS SITUATION IN FRONT OF YOU FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND PRAY! (on your fridge, your mirror, wherever you will be reminded to pray for these dear people).
Thank you...
Deb
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Hypoplastic left heart syndrome is a rare congenital heart defect in which the left side of the heart is severely underdeveloped. (You can 'Google' it for more information).
2 comments:
My son was born with HLHS 8 weeks ago. He had his first surgery at 7 days old, and we were discharged from the hospital when he was 5 weeks old. He looks like a very healthy, "normal" baby! He will have a second surgery around 6 months old and the final one around 3 years old. The surgeries for these babies are amazing and there is so much hope for a long, healthy life for them! We are so very blessed to have our son and praise God for the miracle he is!
Please feel free to pass my blog address (http://mom2lo.blogspot.com) to Jalene and Stefan if they are interested in reading about our experience with having an HLHS baby. The first 48 hours after the diagnosis are pure torture, but God can supply the peace and joy they need in order to make it through the journey ahead.
Love and prayers!
mom2lo
Thank you, mom2lo! I hope the other readers take the time to read your blog spot. No doubt Jalene will read this comment and I will email her as well. Thank you for responding!
deb
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