Hello Friends,
I guess this is pretty late notice to tell you all, but we've just finalized a surgery date for Ava Gray which is this upcoming Monday. She'll be going in around 7am for open heart surgical repair of her heart condition (Tetralogy of Fallot). The doctor's are expecting us to be in the hospital anywhere from a week to 3-4 (which means we'll get to experience "a Vandy Christmas" - I hear those are pretty fabulous!)
As always, we are so, so thankful for your prayers on our behalf, and especially covet them during this time. For those of you who have asked for other practical ways help, there's a couple:
- I'm going to be spending some nights at the hospital with Ava Gray, but Havyn won't be able stay with us, so on other nights I'll be coming home with H instead. It would help so much to have a few volunteers to stay some of those nights in the hospital with AG (7pm to 7am). She just needs to have someone present to talk to her from time to time, hold her hand, and let the docs & nurses know if she seems to need something...this will allow me to catch up on some sleep at home (which is priceless!).
- Keeping up with laundry during longer hospital stays is often difficult. If there were one or two of you who would be willing to either come over to our house while we're away and do some loads and/or take to your house and do a few there, that would be so helpful!
- After "eating on the run" for a while, anything from home starts sounding pretty fabulous. If, after the first few days there, anyone is willing to drop by a sandwich or a salad (lettuce, pasta, whatever!), it would be most happily consumed. : )
Okay dear friends, that's about all I can think of right now. Please pray:
- That I would not live in or act out of fear, that I would remember that He is right there, and that I would collapse on Him moment-by-moment.
- For Havyn, that she would be able to do well with significant times away from her mama (going through a clingy stage just now, so this is something we really do need His help & mercy for). Also that the charge nurses would allow her to stay in the "sleep room" if/when we get that. Then she wouldn't have to go home during the night!
- For Ava Gray...well, it's open heart surgery. Please pray that the pain would be well-controlled, that she would not be afraid (post-surgery), and that God would provide docs & nurses that are compassionate towards her, and patient with her "entourage" of Havyn, myself & our crew : ) Please pray too, that when the surgeons go in they do not have to put in a conduit during the repair. (A conduit is just a little piece of cow vein that might be required to patch the hole). If a conduit is required, it works well, but doesn't grow with her body, so she will need more open-heart surgeries in the future as she grows. This of course, is something we would love to avoid!
- For Ava Gray's healing!
- That we would look for Jesus at every turn and that we would see Him
Blessings to you & yours this Christmas!
Jules & the Girls
(Havyn):
(Ava Gray, with a little avocado on her sweet face):
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