Our Princess Has Arrived And Needs Your Prayers

As most of you may have heard, our sweet Isabella Grace made her entrance into the world (by ambulance, I might add) yesterday at 6:48am, on the 8 freeway, weighed in at 8.15 lbs, is 22 inches long, and is every bit a little doll. We are so blessed and excited to be welcoming her into our family. I really wish that this email could include pictures and our fun birth story, but I am actually reaching out to you for prayer.

Last night as we were just minutes away from being discharged and heading up our mountain, they discovered that Isabella's oxygen levels were very low, and she needed to be admitted to the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) to have her put under an oxygen hood for her levels to go back up. We were given several reasons as to why this might be happening, but the most likely being that she had aspirated some of the meconium (this means she had a bowel moment while she was still in utero) in the bag of water when she was born. They said she would need to be in the NICU for about 2-3 days, but unfortunately, things were to get worse before they got better, as the doctor said most of these cases do.

By around midnight they had to put her on a ventilator and sedate her because her levels were very, very low and she was breathing way too fast for her little body to handle. Then within a couple of hours they had to put her on another type of ventilator (high frequency) since the first one wasn't doing the job. Seems our little robust princess was fighting that ventilator, in the sense that she was trying to breathe against it and she kept going into distress. She had a rough night, and God blessed Tim and I with a room to stay in right in the NICU, so we did not have to be away from her. Praise Jesus! This morning seems she started to remain stable and has been stable all day. They do foresee her being in the NICU for 7-10 days. Tim and I are going to spend the night in the NICU again tonight.

We would really appreciate that you please pray for our Bella. That God's healing hand be over her and that Tim and I use this opportunity for God's glory. That you please pray that we be able to come home sooner than later, but also that we be content with God's will and continue to see how he has been in every detail where our little girl is concerned. There are so many little things that we have seen happening in our little girl's favor, but I don't have much more time.

Thank you prayer warriors for interceding in our newest arrows behalf. God bless your humbleness!!