As you may recall, my friend Sara and her husband B(randon) found out several months ago that their unborn baby, Elliot, is not expected to live past birth. Sara and her doctor decided to schedule a c-section on Monday morning giving Elliot hopefully every chance possible to survive. Please soak them in prayers between now and Monday and ask your friends and family to as well.
Here is the latest from Sara:
Hello everyone! Today at my Dr. appt., we finally made some decisions and got some answers that we feel good about. We scheduled a c-section for this upcoming Monday, April 28th, at 7:30am. We all (including my Dr.) think that a c-section is most condusive to allowing us the results we desire, the most important of which is having Elliot born alive. Though we don’t know how long he will be able to survive on his own, we want to provide him with the best chances possible, and we’ve decided that a c-section is the most appropriate route for doing that.
On Monday, we are requesting no visitors at the hospital, as we are planning on allowing family only into the room with Elliot. After that, we’ll just play it by ear depending on how I’m feeling and how we’re doing, though I’m sure we’ll be anxious to see our wonderful friends, and share stories and pictures from the day before.
Throughout the day on Monday, I will have someone send out emails updating you all on what is happening. If you are getting this email straight from me, then that means that you are on the “Elliot announcement” list, and will get those emails. If you have been forwarded this email from someone else, and would like to be put on the “Elliot Announcement” list, then just send me an email, and I will add you to it.
Right now we are both doing well. I feel good about the timing and the method of Elliots delivery, I feel like God has really answered our prayer for a peaceful confirmation on these very difficult decisions. Please continue to pray for us over these next few days as we anticipate all that is to come. Please pray specifically for Monday – that it will be a beautiful, peaceful day and that God’s grace will be felt by everyone there. We want everyone who comes into contact with Elliot, the Doctors, the nurses, even the people who bring us our dinner, to know and feel Gods presence in that room with us – we want them to be ministered to by the peace & comfort that He alone can offer at a time like this. Please pray that Elliots life will be free from any pain or suffering, that he will only know & feel the overwhelming love that surrounds him.
Thank you all, for walking this road with us for these past few months and for pouring out so much love on me, Brandon, Sydney & Elliot. There are no words to truly express how grateful I am to have such an amazing network of family and friends to support us. So, though it’s completely inadequate… thank you…from the deepest part of my heart…thank you…
Sara
