Dear Aidan,
Lately I've been watching videos of you when you were first born. I guess now that you are getting so big so quickly I'm feeling nostalgic. Plus, many people I know (including Auntie Jess) are pregnant or just had a baby. One of our friends, S & C, had a baby 2 Sundays ago. However, they found out that their baby has a lot of health issues. Baby M is now at Sick Kids Hospital and we just found out that he suffered from brain damage due to having 2 seizures after birth. I'm not sure what caused the seizures and that's what doctors are trying to find out, but just thinking about it makes me get teary-eyed. I distinctly remember the day you were born like it was yesterday and I couldn't imagine going through what S & C are going through. Even daddy, who is normally very unemotional, was very distraught. He told me in the middle of the night last night to go kiss you because you were healthy. I thank God every day how lucky I am. We were so concerned that you were born with 2 different ears, but now looking back I realize how shallow that concern was. I just prayed to God before writing this blog and I broke down in tears because I was so sad at the situation. I'm going to pray hard every time I think of S, C & baby M. I know God is great and I hope and pray that something positive will come out of this.
Here's what our friends, E & J emailed us today regarding S & C. They are good friends to S & C and visited them a couple of times already:
I'm sending this prayer request out on behalf of our NHF brother & sister S and C. As you many or may not know, S & C welcomed baby M into the world on Sunday Feb 27th.
As we are all parents and also a part of family small group, they thought you would all understand the need and request for this intercessory prayer for baby M.
Baby M, upon his first week of life, has unfortunately experienced a few health issues. The doctors originally thought baby M had a couple strokes after birth, however after numerous tests at Sick Kids Hospital they now have confirmed that it was not a stroke, rather a couple seizures. They also have confirmed that baby M has significant irreversible brain damage to the posterior left side of his brain along with a bit of his right side as well.
As parents yourselves, I'm sure you can imagine the heartbreak and emotional and physical stress this has caused both S & C. Therefore, we kindly ask that you please keep them in your thoughts and prayers. More specifically, prayers over the following:
1. Even though baby M has some irreversible brain damange, because he is so young and at an age where his brain is developing daily, the chance that the good side can compensate for the damaged side is great - so we ask that you pray for baby M's overall health going forward and that even though he will have a harder time than most learning the most basic developmental stages of his early life, that he WILL be able to do so.
2. Please pray for C's health as she has not been able to take care of herself since giving birth and is still at the hospital with baby M. They will have to stay at least another couple weeks as the doctor's try to find out the cause of baby M's brain damage and to be able to diagnose proper next steps.
3. Pray over the medical staff at Sick Kids, for God's hand to be at work amongst them.
4. For S & C's faith, as I'm sure they're feeling challenged at this time. Please pray that they are able to cling on to God during this difficult time and that He may provide them with the comfort, peace and reassurance that they need to see past the negative aspect of things and to be able to look at things through God's eyes.
I thank you for your prayers and support in advance and although this may seem like a mass email/message, please know that S & C had specifically chosen all of you for this prayer request and asked us to tell you guys in private so we ask that you kindly keep this prayer request low key.
God Bless.
E & J
Here's a video of you when you were first born. I can't imagine what S & C are going through...
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