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Mrs. Tek7
Hi Friends
Don't know why it just occurred to me to post this here. But please keep baby Caleb and his family in your prayers. Caleb has a congenital heart defect (which they knew about and could plan for--as much as possible--before his birth). He had his first open heart surgery when he was just a few days old, which he tolerated well. He went home to grow as much as possible before his second planned open heart surgery.
He did well, got to go home, and was such a smiley baby. Things happened though and he had to have his second surgery much earlier than they had hoped. At first he was doing amazingly well, but then things went downhill. He is still with us, but they fear his heart will not make it, and while they're trying to get him on a transplant list "just in case," they fear he either won't make it long enough to get a new heart, or he won't be healthy enough to receive it should one come up.
Caleb's family has been an amazing, amazing testimony through it all. We are still praying for a miracle. The more immediate prayer request: tomorrow (Monday 6/17) they are going to try taking him off of the ECMO (a type of life support) again to see how his heart does on its own (he was originally on it just to give his heart some time to rest and heal after the surgery...he did well with the first wean for a while...but then he went downhill rather suddenly). Then he went back on it because he had to to stay alive, but they still try to get him off it if they can because it carries serious complications like bleeding in the brain. They're not sure if he can handle doing this repeatedly though.
It is difficult to condense their story, so you can follow it here if you wish. Their "likes" have doubled in the last week or so. The power of prayer has been very evident. How amazing to know that literally tens of thousands are praying for this little boy, his family, and his doctors.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pray-for-Caleb/385810801497605?fref=ts
I don't know the family well, but I grew up in the youth group at church with Caleb's momma.
Thank you!
Don't know why it just occurred to me to post this here. But please keep baby Caleb and his family in your prayers. Caleb has a congenital heart defect (which they knew about and could plan for--as much as possible--before his birth). He had his first open heart surgery when he was just a few days old, which he tolerated well. He went home to grow as much as possible before his second planned open heart surgery.
He did well, got to go home, and was such a smiley baby. Things happened though and he had to have his second surgery much earlier than they had hoped. At first he was doing amazingly well, but then things went downhill. He is still with us, but they fear his heart will not make it, and while they're trying to get him on a transplant list "just in case," they fear he either won't make it long enough to get a new heart, or he won't be healthy enough to receive it should one come up.
Caleb's family has been an amazing, amazing testimony through it all. We are still praying for a miracle. The more immediate prayer request: tomorrow (Monday 6/17) they are going to try taking him off of the ECMO (a type of life support) again to see how his heart does on its own (he was originally on it just to give his heart some time to rest and heal after the surgery...he did well with the first wean for a while...but then he went downhill rather suddenly). Then he went back on it because he had to to stay alive, but they still try to get him off it if they can because it carries serious complications like bleeding in the brain. They're not sure if he can handle doing this repeatedly though.
It is difficult to condense their story, so you can follow it here if you wish. Their "likes" have doubled in the last week or so. The power of prayer has been very evident. How amazing to know that literally tens of thousands are praying for this little boy, his family, and his doctors.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pray-for-Caleb/385810801497605?fref=ts
I don't know the family well, but I grew up in the youth group at church with Caleb's momma.
Thank you!
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