Please Pray For Lissy. She Is At The Red Sea.


Here is the request from her Parents:

Dear Family and Friends,

In spite of everyone's best efforts, Lissy was unable to come off the respirator today. She was extubated (breathing tube removed) briefly, but she couldn't keep her oxygen saturations up, so she had to be reintubated and is now on the respirator again. The doctors think her vocal cords are swollen, thus allowing very little airflow to get into her lungs when she tries to breathe on her own. They have put her on steroids to decrease the swelling in her vocal cords and have said they will try to extubate her again tomorrow morning. Her sedation was increased again to keep her resting quietly until extubation, though she has woken several times today, including to play a bit with her stuffed animals on her bed. Please pray that she can be successfully extubated tomorrow.

Since she is still sedated and has not had any nutrition since Wednesday, she was started on tube feeds (all of 2 cc's per hour) this afternoon. She has had no bowel sounds yet as her digestive system is still sleeping due to all the sedation. Please pray that her digestive tract will "wake up" so that she is able to eat once she is off the respirator.

Lastly, she developed an abnormal heart rhythm today. It could be an arrythmia or it could be drug-induced from all the medications she's on right now, particularly epinephrine. After she's extubated, they will take her off the epinephrine and continue to monitor her heart rhythm for any abnormalities. Please pray that her heart will respond well and regain a regular pattern.

We greatly appreciate your continued prayers and support. As we fight through exhaustion, we are so comforted in knowing that others are praying for Lissy when we lose the words.

Psalm 46:10 "He says, 'Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.'" May God be exalted through Lissy's life and struggles!

Blessings,
Betsy, Tom and Lissy
     



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