Helpless

Last night when we arrived at UAB, when went to see Victoria in her unit. They had tried to start weening her off of some of the oxygen. Mark noticed when we actually first walked in to see Victoria that her oxygen level was in the upper 60's. Mark mentioned that her level was low and the nurse agreed and increased it. At Women and Children's Hospital, they wanted her oxygen level to be kept in the 80's. Her doctor arrived and updated us on her condition. He explained that they were in the "weening process" and Heather and I noticed that he turned down her oxygen support to 21%. About two minutes later, Victoria started breathing very quickly and the alarms started to sound. Several nurses and the doctor quickly surrounded her to address Victoria's problem. I saw the doctor and male nurse use their stethascope to listen for her heart beating. I could see them shake their head "no" a few times, which I was pretty sure meant that there was no heart beat. I could be wrong, but I felt pretty sure that is what was going on. The doctor increased her oxygen and did a few other things on the piece of machinery she was hooked up to and eventually, her color came back and she became stable. Mark and I prayed for her during this entire episode, but looked at each other with blank stares. I knew we were both thinking that this may be it. We may lose our little 8-week old baby right now. The doctor and nurse were so sorry that we had to witness those events.

Thankfully, we did not receive any calls overnight of her having any other episodes like that. We are praying that she remains stable. We are leaving now to get a little breakfast and will head over to the hospital.

Please pray today for little Victoria to remain stable. Pray the Lord gives Dr. Romp guidance concerning her case. Pray that the Lord does something amazing in her. Pray that the heart surgery is able to happen before the weekend.

We love you all and thank you for your prayers and support! You have been a true blessing to us and our family.