Terribly Poetic

First off, I must say that we are extremely thankful for the overwhelming support and prayers. After last weeks post we have received an outpouring of prayers for Norah. We are feeling those effects. For what should be a much more stressful time, God seems to continue to grant us His peace as we watch over Norah. So we know that many people will continue to pray and will be looking for updates, so I will try to do that here.

Today was another check up with the cardiologist. We learned that one of the medications is doing its job and is allowing Norah to breathe much easier. However, the size of the hole in her heart hasn’t changed. In fact it may be bigger than they thought. We got an answered to our biggest question… “How long will they try medication before we have to look at surgery?” The answer we got, about 1 month. They increased the dose of one of the medications and we will continue with regular checks to monitor what’s going on, but if nothing changes in the next few weeks then we will move on to surgery. Please pray that God would work a miracle and close up the hole in her heart. While the surgery is “safe” and “common” we would love to avoid it if possible.

Related to Norah’s heart is her growth. She hasn’t been gaining weight due to the extra strain her body is going through and we will be starting to supplement her feedings to help her gain weight. Pray that she will quickly adapt to this new feeding and that all the extra work Dawn has to put into feedings would be as stress free as possible.

Again, we are so thankful for your prayers and support. May God be Glorified!