Pray for Reagan

Dear Friends,
I am writing today to request prayer again for Little Reagan. She gave us quite a scare a few minutes ago but has been stabilized again. Basically, she had been on a jet ventilator that forces oxygen into her lungs and had been doing great and was breathing without too much aid. Today, they needed to try to let her breath on her own with just a CPAP machine. I don't know all the details, but basically, this machine provides the oxygen, but does not force it into her lungs like the other machine. The doctors are monitoring her oxygen levels very closely as she could have brain damage if they do not get her breathing more on her own (that is why they wanted to change the machine - they needed to see if she could cope). I would have a very hard time making the decisions that the Doctors and Nurses have to make, but am grateful that they are available to help. There are apparently many risks no matter which machine she is on and the doctors have to make decisions based on those risks. She had a fairly hard time with the CPAP from the very beginning and eventually began to have some major problems. Her heart rate dropped to zero on the monitor (I'm not sure that it actually stopped, but it appeared to). The nurses and doctors immediately did chest compressions to get her heart beating again as well as re-intibated her (put her back on the jet ventilator). These details are not fun to write or to read about, but we want you to know what is going on so that you know how to pray. Our God is soooo much bigger than this whole situation and we know that He will carry us through. The unknowns are the hardest part of this experience.

I still have peace in my heart that God is in controlf of this situation. I cried out to him during the scary situation that we endured earlier and asked him to revive her. He did! I don't know why God allows some of the things that He allows but I know that He has a plan. I have probably been a hard read for many of you that have been up here to see me. I have had a hard time understanding my own emotions...even after all that just happened, I still feel the peace of God in my heart. Usually I am the one that can't seem to cope with hard situations as well, but God is helping me. Amy has been a little bit more emotionally shaken, yet very brave. Although we both have great faith in God's power and might, which gives us peace, we are still both struggling with the unknowns. We will keep trusting God so that He receives all glory, honor, and praise. Amy and I are used to being able to take care of the situations that confront us in life, but this one is far above our means. We ask that you would continue to pray for God's touch in Reagan's life as well as ours. We are in need of a touch from HIM! Pray for God's healing power for Reagan. Please also pray for the Doctors, Nurses, and other people that work here. We want them to see Jesus in us. Thank you for your faithfulness to pray. We love you all and are thankful for you!

Robert and Amy