Welcome to the newest member of our family... Clara Josephine, born to Angela's sister and brother in law last Monday, October 27, 2008! She weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces and measured 20 inches long!
First family pics... Jeremy, Cristina and Clara!
Little Miss Clara gave us all a scare after she was born. She was sounding raspy and seemed to be having a lot of gunk in her throat and turning a bit blue, so she was taken to the nursery for further checking. The doctors discovered that she had Esophageal Atresia (a gap in the esophagus) and a T-E Fistula (airway-food tube connection). Big words which mean that she could not eat (food would not get down to her stomach), and air was getting into her stomach via the fistula. She was transferred to another hospital for surgery to repair these issues on Wednesday. Many people were praying for Clara and the surgery went amazingly well... which we all attribute to our Awesome God! She will now be recovering in the NICU unit for 10-14 days and then finally get to go home with mommy and daddy. Please continue to pray for quick healing and daily grace for mommy and daddy as they travel back and forth from home to hospital to be with Clara. We all cannot wait until we can hold her and snuggle her and just eat her up! Emelia and Hannah are so excited to have a new cousin! Hannah told me last night out of the blue that Clara was her "Best Friend" - so sweet. And Auntie is really excited to have a new subject for fun baby photo shoots:) 
As I think of all the events of the past week, I am reminded of a good ol' camp song we used to sing... "Oh praise the Lord, for another day of life, Oh praise the Lord, for His promises are bright, I will praise the Lord with heart and soul and might and give him glory, glory, glory from morn' till' night." We do praise you most worthy Lord, you are the giver and sustainer of life. May Your fame be known through out all the world!
First family pics... Jeremy, Cristina and Clara!Little Miss Clara gave us all a scare after she was born. She was sounding raspy and seemed to be having a lot of gunk in her throat and turning a bit blue, so she was taken to the nursery for further checking. The doctors discovered that she had Esophageal Atresia (a gap in the esophagus) and a T-E Fistula (airway-food tube connection). Big words which mean that she could not eat (food would not get down to her stomach), and air was getting into her stomach via the fistula. She was transferred to another hospital for surgery to repair these issues on Wednesday. Many people were praying for Clara and the surgery went amazingly well... which we all attribute to our Awesome God! She will now be recovering in the NICU unit for 10-14 days and then finally get to go home with mommy and daddy. Please continue to pray for quick healing and daily grace for mommy and daddy as they travel back and forth from home to hospital to be with Clara. We all cannot wait until we can hold her and snuggle her and just eat her up! Emelia and Hannah are so excited to have a new cousin! Hannah told me last night out of the blue that Clara was her "Best Friend" - so sweet. And Auntie is really excited to have a new subject for fun baby photo shoots:) 
As I think of all the events of the past week, I am reminded of a good ol' camp song we used to sing... "Oh praise the Lord, for another day of life, Oh praise the Lord, for His promises are bright, I will praise the Lord with heart and soul and might and give him glory, glory, glory from morn' till' night." We do praise you most worthy Lord, you are the giver and sustainer of life. May Your fame be known through out all the world! 
1 comments:
Your sister looks AMAZING for having just had a baby! Shew! Congrats, new auntie!
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