A POEM FOR MORIAH
He will rest in His love.....zeph 3:17
Isn't she beautiful!.I am lifting Moriah up to the throne of God. I stand in agreement with you in prayer and by the promises and authority of the scriptures, in the name of JESUS, and by the same fire and glory of the Holy Spirit that rose Jesus from the dead. His will be done!In Jesus' name,Lisa UPDATE: THURSDAY, 6-1 I talked to Cheryl this morning. She stayed at the hospital all night and got home around 6am. She sounded pretty tired. She did say that Moriah had a peaceful night. Her heart rate is back to normal and her stats are good. The doctor said everything went well and the nurses said she pulled through very well also and were surprised at how good she did last night, she was one of the quietest patients I hear. Praise God! They are only administering medication as needed and Cheryl is happy about that because she would rather Moriah let them know when she needs it so she is getting as little as possible. She went 4 hours last night instead of 2 hours without needing anything, She is such a little trooper. As far as the surgery, the doctor went into the same incision as before so she won't have a new scar. Praise God everything went well and continues to improve. Please keep her in your prayers as she continues to heal. Thank God and thank everyone for your continued prayers and support. God Bless, Julie
UDATE: THURSDAY, 6-8 Moriah is doing good so here is the update for her. Praise God, Moriah continues to improve! I have two praise reports for her today besides her general improvement. She is up to 7lbs. 4 oz., which is great considering her recent surgery. Also, the best news...Praise God, Ed Marc called Cheryl today and said we will have to take Moriah off of our support group for terminally ill children who are not expected to live. She is doing too good for us to keep her in the group. Isn't that great? Never knew when I felt so good about someone getting kicked out of the group..LOL So we are praising God and consider her life a true miracle! Thank You Lord for Your Faithfulness! Cheryl says Moriah is getting spoiled and let's you know now when she wants to be picked up. She will start fussing until you pick her up and then she is fine. That's good news too, glad to hear that she's spoiled. Cheryl has bought some special little mitts for her so she won't scratch her face and she is in the middle of making Butterfly Curtains to put in her room for Moriah to see and know that she may be in the cocoon but she is being transformed into God's Glory. Cheryl did notice a little bleeding and oozing from her incision last night so we need to keep her covered in prayer for that. Her stats have stayed perfect and they are bringing the ventilator slowly back down after her surgery. Also she got a new trach and it is a little hard to push in so Cheryl is praying that it won't hurt her neck. She is learning how to take care of the Trach so let's keep them all covered in prayer and pray for Moriah to be made whole in Jesus Precious Name and that Moriah will be able to go home soon. Or constant thanks goes out to all of you who are lifting Moriah before the Throne Of Grace. We feel that you are all a be a part of her miracle. God Bless You All! Thank You Heavenly Father In Jesus Precious Name, We Love You Lord.
UPDATE: WEDNESDAY, 6-14 I talked to Cheryl today and Moriah contiues to improve. Her weight is right at 7lbs. 4oz. The doctors have turned her ventilator down to 11 which is really good. The plan is to continue to turn it down a little each week and eventually get her off of it. Her Stats are perfect and also she got a little button on her feeding tube which is a lot better for her. Moriah does not have to have any prune juice or Senecot ever since her surgery so that is geat. Praise God....that is the answer to one of our prayers also. Cheryl has been going up to the hospital every night and bathing her, spending time with her spoiling her and praying for her before she leaves. Last night was the first night that she was not able to go up at night but had gone during the day instead. The nurses said Moriah was really out of sorts last night and they had to call someone to rock her. In other words she is getting wonderfully spoiled for her mom's goodnight touch. What a beautiful little angel. I was sad to hear that she was not happy but overjoyed to see her little personality develop. Praise God, He has held her in His Hands from the beginning of time and continues to sustain her and provide for all ofher needs. Thank You Everyone Who Is Praying With Us!! Thank You Father That You Love Us And Her Or Prayers!!! WE LOVE YOU LORD P.S. She loves her new butterfly curtains that Cheryl made for her, thenurses say that she stares at them a lot.
UPDATE: WEDNESDAY, 6-21 Moriah continues to do great. Her stats are still perfect and her weight is holding at 7lbs. 4 oz. so we need to pray that her weight will continue to increase.Her ventilator has now been turned down to 10. The doctor will bring it down another number every week until he gets it to 4. At that time he will gradually take her off of it until she is off completely, then they will do a sleep study to make sure that her stats stay up and then, what we are all praying for...she will be able to go home. Praise God, let's keep her covered and uplifted during this time. Cheryl would love for her to be able to come home but knows that she would rather do this gradually and is very happy with the doctors care for Moriah. Cheryl and her family have been reading to her and now there is a T.V. in her room. Cheryl's daughter says Moriah was watching cartoons the other night. She is wonderfully spoiled and we should be getting new pictures soon, Cheryl is working on it now with the help of a friend. She has had a little trouble with her scanner. She has some pictures of her in her chair and being held, as soon as they are developed they will be sent to the Special Needs site, if you would like to see how pretty God is making her. We Love You, Lord! Thank You for hearing our prayers, and to everyone that is praying we all thank you from the bottom of our heart. You are all part of this miracle!
UPDATE: SUNDAY, 6-25 We have a wonderful praise report for Moriah, and we would like to thank everyone for their prayers on this. Since her last update when we specifically asked for prayer for her weight gain, she has gone from 7lbs. 4ozs. to 7lbs. 9 ozs. in just a few days. The nurses couldn't believe it and they even weighed her twice. Thank you so much for your prayers and please continue to lift her up before the Lord for weight gain. Also there are more praise reports for her. Her stats continue to stay good. Her ventilator is still set at 10 but will be turned down to 9 this week. She had her immunizations with no problem at all which was a concern, and she has a new nickname, "Squeeky" because she is starting to make sounds over the ventilator. We think she's either talking to the baby next door or imitating the baby, but it is an awesome thing that she is beginning to do this. She is becoming more vocal than ever, and also she is beginning to swing at things that Cheryl holds over her, specifically the other night was a McDonald's butterfly. They will be starting Physical Therapy on Monday and will begin to play with her to help her develop her cognitive and social skills. She is sucking her pacifier very good now and Cheryl says if she doesn't want it, she puts it in the side of her cheek or pops it out. Her nurses continue to take excellent care of her and even put a dress on her on Sundays and tell Cheryl she's dressed for church. Pretty amazing, huh? for a child that was given no chance of survival at birth, but then we serve an AMAZING God! Please pray that her Trach and G-button will completely heal because there is still a little drainage. Wow, as I write this praise report with so many things happening in her life, and I think back on how she looked before her heart surgery, I am truly humbled before the Lord at His Awesome Power and I am so thankful for all the brothers and sisters in Christ that have been praying with us. It truly glorifies the Lord because this is what He has called us to do, to bond together in love for all of His children so I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your prayers as I know Cheryl and her family do too. Thank You Lord for the body of Christ! Thank You Lord for loving us and hearing our prayers. We love you Father.
UPDATE: TUESDAY, 6-27 We have another praise report for our little angel. She is changing so fast, we can hardly keep up with her. Moriah's weight just since I typed her report on Sunday, has gone up to 8lbs.1oz! Thank you so much for your prayers! She will be having physical therapy daily. We specifically need to pray that she will learn how to swallow food. They will be working on this by stimulating the roof of her mouth. This is a "biggie." We would love for her to be able to taste foods and eat on her own, so please keep this in prayer. Also, Cheryl is requesting prayer for her head shape to form properly as she grows. She has had a little bump that Cheryl has been praying for and it has gotten better. In the back of her head, she has a place that we are praying will be smoothed out and formed properly and prayer is needed for her ear to be formed completely new in Jesus Name. Cheryl is asking that we pray for complete soundness and wholeness of her mind, hearing, eyesight, and all of her functions. We are already seeing wonderful changes that we never thought possible but we know that the Word says with God, All Things Are Possible, so let's join together in love for our littlest sister and call forth complete healing and wholeness. I will be going to see her this week so another report should be out in a few days. Please visit the Special Needs Site to see her newest picture and more should be coming soon. God Bless You All! We love you Lord and give You ALL the GLORY!
UPDATE: TUESDAY, 7-4 I went to see our little angel this week and got to hold her for the first time. She is sweet as sugar. I loved just gazing into her eyes and praying with her, thinking of all that God has done in her life. We Praise You, Father! She continues to thrive, her weight is just shy of 8lbs. 7oz. Her stats continue to be excellent. They have turned her respirator down to 9 and will be going down to 8 this week. She is doing fine with that. She needs continued prayer for her weight, healing of her G-Button, and for complete wholeness of all her senses. She has learned to get her hand up to her mouth to suck on it, she can't quite get her fingers in yet but close enough to think it's there and she just sucks away. I know when she figures out how to master this, it will be her favorite past time. She's trying very hard and it's so cute. She's a little beauty. Father, we thank you for the blessing of her life that has touched us so, and brings your body of Christ together in love to pray for our little sister. We Love You, Lord. Please say a little prayer for all the children in need. After visiting the hospital and seeing the critical care children lying in their cribs (and some rarely have a visitor) it makes my heart just cry for them and I am asking that we please remember them too. God Bless You All! ADDITION: I just talked to Cheryl and she said when she called the hospital this morning, that the nurses told her that it was decided not to turn down Moriah's vent this week and that her lungs sounded a little coarse. We need to press in and pray that her lungs will clear up completely so that they can continue to wean her off the ventilator. She also requested prayer for her jaw, that it would be extended and that she would learn how to swallow so she could take a bottle. Also the doctors goal for her weight is an ounce a day so let's specifically pray that God's glory would be revealed to the doctors of the power of prayer and the Almighty Power of the Lord to hear and answer His children's needs. And I have a special little request, that I would like for you to join with me in.....please, that Moriah would have the Lord's guiding Hand to get her hand or thumb in her mouth....she's trying so hard, and maybe it would help with her sucking and swallowing. Thank You Everyone For Your Prayers! God Bless...... and love to all.
UPDATE: THURSDAY, 7-6 Praise God, they decided to go ahead and turn down Moriah's vent to 8 after an earlier decision not to turn it down. Each week they will be decreasing it a number to wean her off altogether so she hopefully she won't even need the Trach. Her stats are still at 98% to 100%, so let's continue to pray for strength and wholeness of her lungs as she goes through this process. They have changed her feeds to 3 hours on, 1 hour off, hoping to gradually get to 4 hours between feedings. This will stimulate her appetite and enlarge her stomach. She still needs prayer for her jaw to be extended also. This is all part of getting her able to eat on her own. Her G-Button is healing nicely now.Thank you for your prayers. She did get upset with Cheryl the other night. Cheryl came in with all her clothes and things to put away, and walked past her saying, 'Hi Baby Girl" but didn't stop. The next thing Cheryl said the nurse came over and said, What in the world did you do to her?" (She cries more with facial expression than sound) She was all upset that Cheryl had "ignored" her to put away the clothes. After Cheryl started talking to her and came over and held her she was fine. She is definitely developing a little personality of her own. What A JOY! Again, we thank you so much for your prayers. Thank You Heavenly Father, We Know You Hear Our Prayers, Our Faithful Father...We Love You.
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