BABY ROBERT!

A lot has gone on in the Week and a half that Baby Robert Elam has been alive. I appreciate all the prayers of my *very small* group of blog followers has given him! Here is what is going on most recently.

They tested Robert off the ecmo machine and he did well so they determined he was stable enough for surgery. Robert was originally diagnosed with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia which causes the internal organs to crowd his lungs so that they don't develop properly. When they opened him up they found that he had no diaphram at all so they built him one! (modern medicine is amazing) He came through surgery well, but his lungs began to bleed which filled his chest with blood and caused a clot in his drainage tube. They have taken him to surgery to remove the clot and add new tubes for him. They have gotten him out of surgery and off the ecmo machine, but he is being supported by other machines at this point too. The doctors have given him a 30% chance of survival at this point.

The many prayers for Robert have helped him SO much thus far and now he needs the prayers more than ever to overcome the odds and survive! Thank you so much to everyone and I still have prayer ribbons left if any one wants them!

Asking for your prayers!

This little guy needs your prayers...

He is the son of a co-worker of Ryan's and Ryan works with his Grandma and Grandpa too. He was born 3 weeks early in an emergency C-section, but he has a Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia and now is in Denver trying to get stabilized for surgery. He has brain activity and liver function, but he is still on life support! We need your help to get this little guy better! As soon as I figure out how to do it, I would like to get a donate button set up on here for people if they would like to help with all the costs...Mommy didn't get to join baby until 2 days after he flew to Denver, but she is with him now! Until other arrangements are made you can send donations to me. Email me for the address.. mckenziewheeeler@hotmail.com

I also made a ton of white/blue ribbons for him and would be glad to send you one if you want one. Email me your address or include it in your donation and I will get one to you.

I have seen the power of prayer and God's loving hand touch so many people through the blogging world like when I mentioned Cora's story and there are others out there who need your help too! Please check out some of the blog's I follow to learn about them and pray for them all!