Translate This Page To: Spanish German French Italian Portuguese Norwegian Brought to you From FreeTranslation.com Give a gift in honor of this child. Raylin UPDATE: 1-9-09 Sorry it`s been so long since I`ve updated. Life just kinda gets away from us sometimes......... Raylin is doing very well. Her teachers say her work at school is exceptional. Thou they do say she`s a bit to vocal sometimes. I say it`s just that she has a lot to say. Of cource I`m her gramma and I think she`s a pretty smart little cookie. To think she only weighed 20 oz. at birth, and today, 7 years later she`s a perfectly normal child. It was the prayers of everyone that made the difference. God is so good!! I still read the prayer request you all send, and pray for all the kids and thier families. You are to be commended for all the work you have devoted yourself to. Keep it up! Luv and hugs, Maw-Maw Bridget UPDATE: 9-3-05 Elizabeth, Thanks for your concern. We`re all doing as well as possible here. We have power here at our house now. But it`s hard to call anywhere or get online because of busy curcuits {s/p} We got power late wedn. evening. I tried to get my parents to come but they are hard headed. Raylin and her mommy and daddy and the rest of our family live farther east than us, about 35 miles north of New Orleans. So of course none of them have power. They may come tomorrow, but they wouldn`t come because Brandy`s grandma died Monday night {Raylin`s great-grandmaw} after the storm. She was buried yesterday. Just to give you a little idea of how things are, the funeral was held with a closed casket because they had no way to keep her body cool. PPL have generators but can`t run them because there`s no gas. A few lucky ppl can get ice IF they happen to be in the right place when someone delievers it. Over here on the west side of the river we can find gas a little easier and my husband has been working closely with the power companies.  The Entergy office close to us lets him fill ice chest from thier huge ice machine. So I`ve been bringing ice and water and gas over to the other side of the river.  It makes me want to cry to see the desperation on ppl`s faces just for a simple thing like ice.  I was in a parking lot thursday giving out ice and an old man wanted to give me five dollars for a bag of ice. It broke my heart. But all in all, those ppl and my family and I KNOW we have been BLESSED. The evacuees from New Orleans and towns south of New Orleans need our prayers now. The governor said awhile ago there is and estimated 50 thousands ppl still needing to be evacuated.  A lot of them children, babies and old ppl. God Bless them all! I could go on and on but I better stop now I have a few more e-mails to answer and there`s no telling how long my connection is going to hold or when I`ll be able to get back online. I`ve been trying since Thur. morning.         Luv and Hugs         Bridget UPDATE: 10-13-04 Here`s pics of Raylin from last month.....I call her little orphaned annie...LOL Luv and Hugs, Maw-Maw Bridget UPDATE: 9-16-04 I`m so sorry I haven`t sent any updates on our little miracle. But what could I say.......She`s still perfectly wonderful. Talking , walking. and as I said b4 she`s a climber.....LOL. She does things that are beyond what a 2 year old should do Like figure out how to put round pegs in round holes and triangle ones in the correct holes....she loves to help with anything . If I`m dusting, she has to have a rag too, If we put up groceries, she has to put them up also...{not always in the right place..LOL} And the biggest surprise...when ya tell her to pick up her toys.....she does!!!!!!!!!! None of my other grandkids do that without the threat of punishment. She`s very nosey also.....when I take her somewhere...... she goes around and ask strangers...."What`s in that bag?" or "What`s in that cabnet?" ..."What`s your name?" hhhhhhmmmm....a little update on some of her micheviousness {sp} during the past year she`s opened the oven door to climb on the cabnet and grabbed the hot burner. Well that was a trip to the hospital. Another time she climbed on top of the kitchen table, opened a bottle of air freshener and drank.......ambulance had to come get her that time..... she was fine, she had vomited it all up by the time they got there, but they took her to the hospital to monitor her for a while anyway. She climbed up on our four wheeler.....which was fine, until she figured out how to turn the key. THANK GOD she doesn`t know how to put it in gear. Don`t get me wrong....she is just the sweetest little girl anyone could want. And she minds extremely well. It`s just the tomboy in her thatcha have to look out for. I`ve thought about updating a few times b4....but then I check e-mail and I read about all the sick children that need our prayers, and it just breaks my heart. So to you all, even though my little darling is doing so well...... I pray for each and every child everyday...and I feel I know you all through your many prayer request. May God touch and heal you all and be with the parents as ya`ll deal with the good and bad. Luv and hugs, Maw-Maw Bridget UPDATE: 3-12-04 I know it`s been awhile since I`ve sent any word on our little miracle , and I apologize for that. She is still doing wonderful. Except for a few winter colds and maybe a sore throat or 2, she has been the picture of health. Can you all believe she is a year and a half already. Brandy , her mom {my daughter} keeps my youngest grandaughter also, Emily who is 1 year old, so she and Raylin seem to compete with each other to see who can do what first. If Raylin climbs...then Emily won`t be out done..so she climbs up and over.....if Emily draws on the wall with a crayon then Raylin draws on Emily....Brandy really has her hands full. She took them both grocery shopping the other day, Emily was in the seat facing Brandy and Raylin was in the basket, Brandy turned for just a second and turned back and Raylin had climbed out and was in the meat freezer..... so as you can see she is a very active ,normal..... { tomboy} little girl. I got an e-mail from a friend today about the Smell of Rain and it reminded me of the miracle that God gave us. Sometimes when I look at Raylin I forget because she`s so normal, and I have to be reminded of how thankful we all were then. It`s good to be reminded now and again that we should always be thankful. I was so happy to hear the good news about Katia. God just keeps on doing it doesn`t He? Praise Him!! Gods Blessings on all prayer partners and warriors all over the world. Luv and Hugs, Maw-Maw Bridget UPDATE: 11-12-03 Raylin is doing great. She`s been having a little rash, and is taking meds for it. Doctors say it`s an allergic reaction to something, but they don`t know what. Oh my, did I forget to send you the BD pics????? Hold on lemme look for them. Brandy only s canned two pictures, one of Raylin b4 she dug into her BD cake and one after. UPDATE: 9-07-03 I`m so sorry that I haven`t sent an update on Raylin in such a long time, but it just seems that when things are going so well we tend not to write as much. To tell you the truth I felt like if I did write an update that I would just be bragging......LOL......but hey gramma`s have bragging rights , don`t we? So here goes....... she crawls everywhere, pulls up on furniture and gets into anything she can reach. She tries to repeat all she hears, and does all the things any baby should be doing at her age......which by the way will be a year on the 16th. Her favorite thing to do is swimming... she just loves to be thrown in the air and to be let to come down and go underwater and she loves to slide down from the sliding board into the water.....she doesn`t want you to catch her, she wants us to let her go underwater, then grab her.... such a brave little tom-boy we have on our hands! It just doesn`t seem like I`ve been writing to you all and asking for prayer for over a year... way b4 she was even born...... I want to thank each and everyone of you that have prayed for our little miracle..... you all stormed the heavens for God to intervene to save the life of this little girl and her mom also. And not only did He let us keep her here with us on earth....but He made her whole and healthy.....and for those of you who don`t know what I`m talking about....Raylin weighed only 1 lb and 4 1/2 ozs at birth! So from the deepest part of my heart, I thank you all, and I thank God and praise Him daily for the miracles , big and small, that He performs , even when we`re not looking. Luv and Hugs, Maw-Maw Bridget UPDATE: 6-20-03 I received an update from Raylin's Grandmother. She has had computer problems and apologized for not making contact sooner. Raylin is doing just great and she wanted all of you know how much they appreciate your prayers and love....Elizabeth UPDATE: 5-2-03 Raylin is doing fine now. She just got home and everything is back to normal once again. But if they don`t find out what is really causing the cyst to grow back, then she`ll just be right back in there doing it again. But God will come through once again, I know. This mystery will be solved. Oh I wanted to tell you about the amazing way God took care of the bill at North Oaks Hospital. Even with Brandy and Randy`s insurance they still owed North Oaks over $50,000.00. It was over $84,000.00 but a charity organization paid $20,000.00. But they where responsible for the rest. With all this Randy was laid off... they lost their insurance....and Ralin still need medical care. Plus all their other bills. They had to let their truck go back so they could keep their trailor....they where "robbing peter to pay paul " I wrote to the state rep. in their district and explained the situation.... via e-mail,never dreaming that I would ever hear a word from him. Well did God have a surprize for us all. About a week and a half later after I had already forgotten about writing to him, he called. He had just got off of the phone with the hospital and had the dept wiped out, except for $1,000.00! Praise God!!!!!!!!! He works in the most unusual and strange ways. And through people we least expect Him to work through. Geesh this e-mail is really getting long. I will be with Raylin all day tomorrow while Brandy goes to pay bills and get groceries and that sort of stuff...so I`ll let you know how she is tomorrow. God Bless Hugs, Maw-Maw Bridget Oh forget to add that Randy has a new job and new insurance kicks in soon...Medicaid is taking care of Raylins medical care for now. UPDATE: 5-1-03 Ok now it`s Wednesday afternoon, and the test the doctor did with the scope found another cyst growing in her little throat, so she removed it. The trek wasn`t necessary. So now they have to try to find out why these little cyst keep growning in her throat......it looks like she had the acid reflux surgery thingy for nothing, because obviously something else is causing the cyst to grow. I`m just sooooo aggravated because they can`t find out what`s causing it! I`ll try to write again when we find out something from the tissue they`re testing. God Bless !!!!!!!! Luv and Hugs, UPDATE: 4-30-03 Raylin has been doing good. But she has been in and out of the hospital a few times because of her acid reflux problem, which effects her breathing. They finally had to do surgery, where they make 3 small cuts around her belly button and take a small part of her tummy and wrap it around the tube going to her asparagus?Something like that . It seem to have done the trick, but now she`s back in Childrens in New Orleans, in PICU with an upper respiratory infection, and her throat is swollen. Wednesday the doctor will put the scope down her little throat to see what`s going on. She thinks Raylins throat just hasn`t developed like the rest of her body has. And if the steroids can`t controll it , as a last resort they will have to insert a trek until her thoart catches up with the delelopment of every thing else. Oh by the way she already has 2 teeth. Please, please pray that the trek isn`t necessary, and that God will step in and heal her completely. Through this all, Raylin has remained a happy baby. Never crying when she feels bad......always a big smile that lights up her eyes and whole face. A precious giggle that could melt your heart......of course I`m not being prejudices......LOL. Please any of you all reading this, feel free to send it to any friends or prayer chains....even you chuches prayer chain......God has plans for Raylin. I`m extremely convenced of this. Thank you all in advance. God also has big plans for this ministry that Elizabeth has starTed here...so please keep her in your prayers also. Luv and Hugs, Maw-Maw Bridget Brandy with Raylin Paw-Paw Bobby and Maw-Maw Bridget UPDATE: 1-22-03 Thank you all for your prayers. Raylin did very good and is back from recovery already and sucking a bottle. The doctors say she`ll be discharged about 7:30 in the morning. Luv and Hugs, Bridget UPDATE: 1-18-03 Raylin is going home today and will have to goback to Childrens hospital wed. to have the cyst removed. She`ll only have to spend one night, and go home again thursday. The doctors have ordered Brandy to start Raylin on rice cerial and baby food......to nutralize acid or something like that. She loves it..especially the carrots. I still don`t know what time the surgery well be wed. I`ll let ya`ll know when I find out. Thanks for all the prayers for Raylin and, Juli`s grandbaby, Abby. What an awesome King He is. Luv and Hugs, Bridget UPDATE: 1-17-03 You asked how Raylin is....she`s doing good, but still has wheezing. So today they put her to sleep and put that little light down her throat to see if they could tell why her airway seems to be to small. They found a small cyst, that they say is caused by acid reflux. So they will give her meds. to clear the reflux up. And if it`s clear by Wed. they are going to remove the cyst. It`s a simple little surgery, and the doctor doesn`t see any reason for any problems. Of course I know that because I know God will be there with him guilding his every move. I`ll let you know if the surgery is deffintly going to be Weds. God Bless, Luv and Hugs, Bridget UPDATE: 1-13-03 PM Thank God Raylin is doing good now. I know my last e-mail was a little short on information. She has had a little wheeze in her breathing for a week or more. Doctors told Brandy that most preemies breath that way, so she wasn`t really to concerned until saturday night when Raylin started to fight for breath. She was admitted to North Oaks where she was born about 9 pm. There they gave her breathing treatments and oxygen, but they aren`t set up to take really good care of her. They have a very good NICU but can not re-admitt babies that leave there. So last night they decided to go ahead and take her by ambulance to Childrens...what scared me the most was them moving her at 12:30 midnight...and she had to use every muscle in her little body to breath....her little legs would come up in the air when she took a breath. She was put on steroids and they give her breathing treatments every 2 hours. When I left awhile ago she was breathing normally and sleeping peacefully. I spoke with the doctor and he said she just has a bad upper respiratory infection. He also said she will probably be taken out of PICU tomorrow and get into a room. Elizabeth.... we were probably with Raylin when you called..... Thank you all for for your prayers..... God has already answered.....and she will be ok..... Praise His Holy Name Luv and Hugs, Bridget UPDATE: 1-13-03 Raylin was addmitted to Hospital in hammond saturday evening. Something is wromng with her breathing. Last night she was transfered to Childrens Hospital of New Orleans......she`s in the Ped. ICU..will try to get you more info when I get back. She seems to be gasping for every breath. Please pray...... Hugs, Gramma Bridget UPDATE: 1-08-03 Our little miracle now weighs over 6 lbs.....Praise His holy name! Brandy went to wally world last thusday and bought 2 packs of preemie pampers.....and opened one to change Raylin, and her little hinny was to big for them!!!!!!! I just stood up and praised God.... she`s outgrown preemie clothes!!! When she takes her bottle we have to just take it from her and make her burp, be cause if we don`t she will suck it down b4 we can blink. And she has her voice back after having that feeding tube down her throat.....and she likes to use it......the angels in heaven probably hear her when she`s mad. But that`s ok......it`s such beautiful music to my ears. I can`t praise God enough for the gift He has given us. It was Him and only Him that heard the prayers of you all, and answered them. To all of you asking for prayer for your premature babies... God still performs miracles, Raylin is living proof. Don`t be discouraged God has given the doctors and nurses the knowledge to take care of these small wonders. And He is truely everywhere......I know He was and has continued to be, right at Raylin and Randy and Brandys` side. UPDATE: 12-24-02 Raylin had a check-up yesterday and doc says she`s doing exceptionally well. She now weighs 5 lbs and 3 ozs.....and eating like a pig....PTL! I want to thank each and every one of you that have been praying for our miracle.......What a wonderful Christmas this is for us, as I hope it will be for all of you! So to you all.....have a very merry, joyful, peaceful, and blessed Chritmas and may the new year bring you closer to your goals and needs. God Bless everyone of you! Luv and Hugs, Maw-maw Bridget UPDATE: 12-17-02 RAYLIN IS HOME!!!!!!! PRAISE GOD!!!!!!!!!! Randy and Brandy spent saturday and sunday night and day in a hospital room with Raylin. Everything went so well, that they where let go yesterday. Needless to say I held that little girl half the day yesterday. She`s going to be one spoiled little girl. She now weighs 4 lbs and 11 ozs { my son Jason only weighed 4 lbs 9 ozs when I brought him home 23 years ago, and he is now a dad himself and he`s at least 1' taller than me} She has an appointment this am to get her RSV shot. So she should have no problems with catching anything from other children. Brandy had to rent a sleep apnea monitor for Raylin, just in case, but they`re expecting no problems there either, it just as a precaution. I praise God everyday for what He has done for her. She has been covered by prayer even before she was born. Thank you all for your continuing prayers! God is good!!!!!!!! Hugs, Maw-Maw Bridget UPDATE: 12-13-02 Elizabeth, Raylin is up to 4 lbs and 5 ozs as of yesterday! She should get to come home at the begining of next week. Brandy is so excited , and a little scared, but she will get over it I`m sure. To all of you who have been praying, I thank you all. God has answered your prayers for our precious little gift from above. Sometimes I just sit and think in amazment at how well she has done, and how she is gaining weight and at how perfect her little body is, how something so tiny could have the breath of life in her and be totally without support of respirators or oxygen and now even without the feeding tube. God can do wonders. He breathed her first breath into her and gave her the strength she needed to fight for her life and to make it! He stays right by her side day and night to watch over her. He is truely King! And I praise His holy name. God Bless, Hugs, Maw-Maw Bridget UPDATE: 12-02-02 Sorry for takin so long to update you all. Raylin is still doing great..she weighs 3lbs and 8ozs now and is sucking a bottle! Pray....Pray....Pray that she`s home with mommy and daddy for Christams! I have new pictures, but still have to get someone else to scan them for me. I`ll send them when I can. I praise God everyday for all He does for us and what He continuos to do. I say a prayer for you all everyday, and I thank God for you all! God Bless Maw-Maw Bridget UPDATE: 11-18-02 Raylin is doing great still. Yesterday morning she weighed 2lbs and 11 ozs.....she`s gaining fast!!!!!!! PTL Hugs, Maw-Maw Bridget UPDATE: 11-07-02 Sorry it`s been so long since the last update, computer problems. I`m sending a picture of Raylin when she was 36 days old. That`s her dads hand in the picture with her. Today she weighs 2lbs 1oz and is 53 days old. She has been moved to the regular nursery, no more intensive care for our girl! And the have removed the little oxygen tube from under her nose, and she`s doing very well without it. Praise God! The nurses put a little towel around her to keep her from rolling herself over so much, so she decided if she couldn`t roll, then she would just scoot...so she scoots up and down until she scoots herself out of her little diapers, then plays with them with her feet. I have a picture that I took yesterday, but I can`t load my scanner into this laptop, so I`ll send it when I can get my daughter-in-law to scan it for us. All of her progress I give to God. Her very life is because God heard all of the prayers that have poured out to the heavens even before she was born and I thank you all for them! I will send more when she I can. God is sooooooo good! Hugs, Maw-Maw Bridget UPDATE: 10-22-02 Raylin is doing extremly well. Brandy got to change her diaper Sunday. And then monday she got to hold her for the first time. She weighs 1lb and 10 oz`s now and gaining! Yesterday morning one of the nurses told Brandy that she sat down to eat and looked up at Raylin and she had scooted herself out of her diaper and was playing with it with her feet up in the air. The nurses have started putting a little blanket around her so she won`t turn over so much, so Raylin decided to scoot instead of turn I guess. Everyday she does something that just amazes me. And the nurses are so in love with her, their not going to want to let her go home. This tiny little miracle from God is bringing a lot of people to their knee`s, PTL. All of ya`ll prayers are so very important. God hears each and everyone of them and is doing wonderful things through this little child. Thank you all so much! Raylin`s daddy "Randy" has not had a beer since she was born, please pray that he will continue to do well with this struggle, Thanks again. Hugs, Maw-Maw Bridget ps, I don`t know if my laptop has enough memory left in it to download my scanner, but I`m going to try. I`ll send pictures if I can. UPDATE: 10-14-02 Here`s another picture of Raylin. She is still doing very good and gaining a few oz`s. They have her feeding tube taped down so she won`t pull it out. The ink pin laying in front of her is to show how small she is. Luv and Hugs, Maw-Maw Bridget UPDATE: 10-06-02 Raylin...... what can I say????? She`s our little miracle baby. Ya`lls prayers have helped so much. Though she is down to 1lb 2oz, {premies always lose wieght before they gain} she is totally off of any kind of resporator. The only tube on her is her feeding tube, and she keeps pulling that out her little self. She sucks a pacifier..... AND are ya`ll ready for this? She turns herself over! If she`s tired of being on her tummy, she turns right over. If she`s tired of being on her back, she turns herself over to her tummy. The doctor and the nurses have never seen any baby quite like her. She`s 4 months early, and not even 3 weeks old yet. The don`t know what to think.....We keep telling them that she has a lot of people praying for her. And that God is right up in there with them taking care of her. The picture that I`m sending is before they took her resperator tube out. I will take more pictures this week. God Bless and thank ya`ll again. Keep on PRAYING!!!! Hugs, Maw-Maw Bridget UPDATE: 9-27-02 Just sending a little update......Raylin is still doing very well. Satuday morning she had a little puncture hole one of her lungs. The doctors had to sedate her and put a little tube in her side to keep it inflated. They said it will heal itself. But other than that she is still amazing the doctors and nurses.....PTL. She hasn`t lost any weight, like the said she would. They said most premies lose a little before they start gaining......but she hasn`t!!!!! The tube will come out in about 3 more days. And she`s been sucking on the tube they have down her throat..LOL...nurses said, she`s not suppose to know how to suck yet......and she swallows every time her little mouth fills up with salvia. There again, she does something they say she isn`t suppose to be able to do.....AIN`T GOD GRAND?!!!!!!!! She pulls the wires off of herself, and they keep having to put them back again..they lay her on her little tummy and she puts her legs up under herself and sticks her hinny up in the air. My daughter told me the other day the nurses put some salve on her hinny and she stuck it up so far that she wiped it all over the stuff they have on her "bed" . {The covering that`s on there to keep the heat in}. She is already receiving mommy`s milk through her little tube.....and doing exceptionally well with it! I have a little cold, so I can`t go into the NICU right now.and it`s killing me.LOL. All of you reading this.I thank you, soooooooo very much. Your prayers have done so much. I love you all! I will send another update as soon as she gains her first pound, as I know she will, because God promised! And when we finally get to hold her, you all know I`ll send plenty of pictures then. Luv and Hugs, Maw-Maw Bridget UPDATE: 9-20-02 PRAISE THE LORD!!! Elizabeth, I`m so sorry that I haven`t sent an update recently...Raylin was born Monday morning Sept. 16th at 3:05 am. She weighed 1lb 4 1/2oz. And 12 inches long. She has all her l ittle toes and fingers.....PTL. She is breathing on her own! Of cource they have put a tube down her little throat, in case she stops breathing....the michine is only giving her 10 breaths per minute, because she is breathing good. And she has all the other tubes that premature babies have like the feeding tube and all that. The doctors have found nothing wrong with her! She looks like a perfect little doll. They say she will be in the hospital for another 4 months.. but thanks to all the prayers I have been recieving for them, I`m sure she will be home sooner than the doctors think. Brandy is also doing good.....she had a C-section of cource, they had five doctors in the O R with her, they thought she would have severe hemorrhaging, and they where going to do a hysterectomy, but then again....LOL......PTL. She didn`t need one! God is soooooooo good! Thanks again to you all for your prayers..and please keep it up...... little Raylin has a long row to hoe still, But God has made a strong little girl and she`s a fighter, and she is rocking in Gods arms. I`ll send another update as soon as she gains her first oz..LOL. Here`s a picture of her when she was 2 days old....LOL....she jumped when I started snapping pictures.....and she jumps when she hears her mommy`s voice..Praise God! Luv and Hugs, Maw-Maw Bridget {doesn`t she look like she wants to be picked up?} UPDATE: 9-11-02 To start off, I refuse to let myself believe anything will go wrong. God has carried Brandy and Raylin this far for a reason, and it`s not to let anything go wrong! Amen! Yesterday morning Brandy noticed a few drops of fluid dripping down her leg when she went to the bathroom. The doctor examined her and said her water had broke, but was dripping out slowly. He gives her a 10 percent chance of carring Raylin any longer than a week. She won`t be 24 weeks until Sat. That`s the amount of time the doctors say is a good chance for the baby to survive. And that`s the goal they have been shooting for. Brandy started getting steroid shots yesterday to help Raylins little lungs. They need to be bombarded with prayer...PTL. I stand on His promise, please stand with me. Nothing will go wrong. nothing will be wrong with Raylin, and Brandy will be just fine! AMEN! Hugs, Bridget { Maw-Maw of unborn Raylin, and born....PTL.. Jordan, MacKinsey, Jesicca, Haylee, and one more unborn { gender un-known as of now} UPDATE: 9-05-02 PTL.......Brandy hasn`t had any bleedin in 2 weeks and 6 days. Doc. let her take a shower yesterday...LOL..... first one in 5 weeks....!!!! If she doesn`t have any bleedin by next tuesday, then he may let her get out of the hospital. She will be goin to her hubby`s mom`s house, because she lives closer to the hospital. Yesterday the doctor sat down with me and told me he can`t figure out why Raylin lived through all that Brandy has been goin through. He said she should have been dead, from Brandy`s blood loss. Thanks for all ya`lls prayers..God is so truely good!!!!!!!! Hugs, Bridget UPDATE: 8-22-02 Thanks so much for your prayers. Thing`s are lookin up, PTL. She was taken yesterday by ambulance to Baton Rouge from Hammond hospital to run more extensive test. Doctors are kinda baffled, they have never seen her condition b4 and are sending her results to specialist all over the counrty to try and find a sollution. The baby{ Raylin} is doing great. They say Brandy`s problem is not fetal related at all. So when Brandy is 24 weeks they will start her on steroids to help Raylin develop her little lungs faster so when and if they have to take her she will be in tip top shape. They are watching Brandy`s blood count closely and her BP. And as of yesterday that too, was doing good. I know God has His hand on Brandy and all will turn out great. Luv and Hugs, Bridget UPDATE: 8-20-02 Brandy is going to be moved to the Womans Hospital in Baton Rouge thursday. They are better equiped to deal with what`s wrong with her. The baby is still doing fine, she is growing and her heart beat is still normal. Brandy needs our prayers though. Well actually they both do. Friday morning her BP went down to 52/25 and the doctor just happened to be in there when it did. They started giving her shots and upped her iv and finally got it up to a more managable level. She has been bleeding everyday, and the specialist told us she has a venus bowl. Her obgyn has never heard of it and her specialist has only seen it twice. I can`t seem to find out any info on it either. They want her to go to Woman`s in Baton Rouge, because they think they may have to take the baby and Brandy will have to have a hysterectomy. Pray that Brandy and the baby can hold on another 3 1/2 weeks until she is 24 weeks so the baby will have a better chance to make it. And pray that a choice doesn`t have to be made to take the baby before then so Brandy won`t bleed to death. God is good to us as always and He will help us through this also. Thanks for ya`lls prayers, Bridget UPDATE:8-15-02 Raylin is doing just fine. Doctors say her little heartbeat is normal and she is growning normal. Brandy is still in the hospital. She has been rushed to labor and delievery off and on a few times from her room, because of bleeding. The specialist has put her on meds that he hopes will stop her uterus from contracting. Brandy was recieving her fifth unit of blood since saturday, when I left the hospital yesterday evening. Thank You all for your prayers. I will keep you all informed of thier progress! God Bless, Bridget ADDED: 8-07-02 Brandy Barber, my daughter that is 18 weeks pregnant has been admited to the hospital for bleeding 3 times already. She had to be admited again yesterday. Her OBGYN and a specialist has had her on complete bed rest since she was 2 1/2 weeks pregnant. The last time she was admited, she hemorrhaged so bad that the doctor that was in emergency that night at 2 in the morning, told her she had lost the baby. Her and her husband where devastated. I had called everyone I knew at 2 and 3 in the morning.and there was a prayer chain formed from many churches. Plus we had a lot of ppl in the waiting room praying. As I was trying to comfort Brandy, she kept saying , she could feel something still moving in her stomach. I told the nurses and the doctor, but they just thought it was her imagination. Finally her own OBGYN got there and they did a sona-gram or whatevery that is where they take the picture? { bad spelling so forgive me} Well, there was the baby healthy and kicking up a storm. To say the least, the doctors didn`t know what to make of it......PTL......but we do don`t we? Well that was the praise part, now Brandy is back in the hospital..spotting a little, and the doctor first said her placenta was to low and the baby was kicking it and making her bleed. Yesterday he told her, he thinks she may have some kind of mass on her placenta. They will know more today after the run more test. Her OBGYN said he could deliever the baby at 20 weeks if it was necessary. Please say a prayer for Brandy and the baby. Pray that the doctor doesn`t have to take the baby early, and for Brandy`s patience and mental health. And please pray that we have another fine healthy grandchild to spoil? Thanks Bridget Pearson