Sat 24 Feb 2007
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Posted by Jane under Updates
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Ramona is having trouble maintaining her saturation tonight. She is in the high 60’s to low 70’s and they are trying to figure out why. We’re trying to go with the flow, but we are both here at the hospital and are very scared that this might be a serious set-back.
We are praying right now.
Hans & Dina
We are also praying for you now.
Eric and Kerry
Thank you. She’s back up into the high 70’s-low 80’s but they had to put her back on some oxygen. Nicole the nurse doesn’t seem to concerned, saying it’s a minor setback.
Will continue praying. Hope the website doesn’t go down before you can update us again.
We’re praying. Love you.
Believing and trusting with you…praying that hedge around all of you… for the fight is not just for Ramona but for your faith to hold!!
Love,
AJackie
we are praying too. We will be following your updates.
Praying. Visualizing little Balboa’s arteries growing.
They drew some blood and did a “blood gas” during this spell, where they measure the amount of oxygen and carbon dioxide. Ramona’s O2 level was 21. The lowest we’d seen since the surgery was 38, so this was a significant drop. We just got another result at 36. She’s on her way back up.
This girl is scaring the heck out of us.
She’s got to eat 93 cc’s of breast milk/formula every 3 hours in no more than 20 minutes. At 3pm today she sucked it down. At 6pm they had to put the last 5 cc’s in the feeding tube. At 9 tonight they’re putting the last 20 down the tube. Ramona needs to eat eat eat, and grow grow grow.
Father God, we are begging you for slow steady progress from now until Ramona’s arteries grow big enough for that next surgery and no more scares like this. Help this little trooper fight. Heal her little body and make her strong.
Thank you, Lord.
Praying constantly.
Oh Lord Jesus, Please give your strength to Ramona, Jane and Andy. Please give her whole body the oxygen it needs. Please help her eat more. Please let her rest, and soothe her during her tet spells. Please grow her arteries. Thank you Lord for listening. In your name we pray. Amen.
Loving God we lift up Ramona to you and ask again for your healing and creativity to move in her. Grow those veins to get the oxygen where it needs to go. Craft her heart some more. Wrap your presence around this family in such a way that they can’t miss the fullness of your provision. Heal this little one and let the glory all go to you. You have been so faithful to us all as we walk through this chapter. Thank you for the gifts in this time. We are mindful of your provision in each breathe Lord. Let Ramona continue this story of hers. Bring healing to her Lord as only You can. Thankyou for all the support staff at the hospital and their experience as they help Jane and Andy find some data about their girl. Comfort and give rest to this family. Bring it Lord. In Christ name and for His sake Amen
Jane & Andy, Thinking of you guys and hoping you get some rest. Please call us if we can help in any way. babysit. anything. Thinking of you dear ones. Worrying, but trying to pray instead. hope you are doing the same.
Jane and Andy,
We’ve been following the drama on this site, and just wanted to let you know we are thinking of you and wish your family strength and peace.
Dear Ramona
Today it got kind of cold and rainy in Nashville. I know you are going to think that all I do is talk about the WEATHER! LOL
Anyway, it did get cloudy and yucky today. It reminds me that when it is so nice out for a couple of days in a row at the end of the winter it’s hard for me to really enjoy the warm weather because I’m just so sure it won’t always be warm! I’m afraid it won’t last so sometimes I just feel kind of pessimistic about the whole thing.
“Pessimistic” is a long word for a girl your age but suffice it to say that it’s not a very good attitude for a girl MY age to have. For me, it means that I can’t see the good stuff because I’m afraid of what MIGHT happen.
So, today I’m trying to be OK with the cold weather and put on another sweater to keep warm…and hope that later today or tonight or tomorrow that things feel better.
Breathe deep and breathe strong today, Ramona. You are in my thoughts and prayers an awful lot.
sincerely-
Miss Angela