Hello everyone,
Sorry, I didn't get a chance to take 11 month old pictures of Emilie last weekend. If she is feeling better, I will take some this weekend. She still has pretty bad diarrhea, but it may be beginning to slow down a little. Please keep praying that God will heal her from this. She is extremely uncomfortable.
Also, I have a major prayer request for Friday March 16th. One of Emilie's doctors wants to meet with us at 2:30pm. Please pray for a positive meeting. We've had so many disappointing ones. Please pray for this.
Thanks everyone,
Love,
Sherri
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Thursday, March 8, 2007
Praise Report
Hello everyone!!
I have a praise report. Saturday, March 3rd Emilie held her head up all by herself for about 5 seconds. I was holding her supporting her head and had my other hand by her chin. She moved her head up and it wasn't touching either hand for about 5 seconds. PRAISE JESUS!! Also, on Tuesday, March 6, Emilie turned 11 months old. (I'll send pictures next week sometime if not too busy with report cards). I took one of my grade 11 students into Saskatoon with me to see Emilie. Emilie held her head up all by herself for about 20 seconds I would say. She also turned it to look at Darwin during that 20 seconds as well. We were so excited. Definitely something to sing praises about. So please continue to pray with us!! God is answering our prayers. I also want to invite everyone to join with us in a day of fasting and prayer for Emilie on Good Friday (her first birthday) - remembering though that Jesus is the main focus as well as God's will. This is important....it's Good Friday after all. But Jesus and God's will should be the main focus everyday. Thanks for your continued prayers - PUSH - Pray Until Something Happens. Something is happening - she is now beginning to hold her head up!! Again, PRAISE THE LORD!!
Love
Darwin, Sherri, Taylor and especially Emilie
I have a praise report. Saturday, March 3rd Emilie held her head up all by herself for about 5 seconds. I was holding her supporting her head and had my other hand by her chin. She moved her head up and it wasn't touching either hand for about 5 seconds. PRAISE JESUS!! Also, on Tuesday, March 6, Emilie turned 11 months old. (I'll send pictures next week sometime if not too busy with report cards). I took one of my grade 11 students into Saskatoon with me to see Emilie. Emilie held her head up all by herself for about 20 seconds I would say. She also turned it to look at Darwin during that 20 seconds as well. We were so excited. Definitely something to sing praises about. So please continue to pray with us!! God is answering our prayers. I also want to invite everyone to join with us in a day of fasting and prayer for Emilie on Good Friday (her first birthday) - remembering though that Jesus is the main focus as well as God's will. This is important....it's Good Friday after all. But Jesus and God's will should be the main focus everyday. Thanks for your continued prayers - PUSH - Pray Until Something Happens. Something is happening - she is now beginning to hold her head up!! Again, PRAISE THE LORD!!
Love
Darwin, Sherri, Taylor and especially Emilie
Monday, February 19, 2007
Emilie - 10 months
Well, it's been a pretty short break. I can't believe that a week can go so fast. I had a few excellent sessions at the teacher's convention in Saskatoon. The best part being that I got to be with Emilie in the evenings. Tomorrow it is back to work.
Taylor recently turned four and is now obsessed with anything TOY STORY and CARS. (Not forgetting about his obsession with planes). He loves his little sister and continues to pray "God, please make Emilie feel better, make her hold her head up and make her come home". Please continue to pray along with him.
Emilie is now 10 months old (actually 10 1/2 because I am a little late in posting this months update) She didn't get any longer this past month, which is good news for Taylor (he's only 6.5 inches longer than her). She did, however, gain some weight (she is almost 22 pounds) and some movements. She is moving her head more and more with just a bit of support - to keep her head from falling backwards, but she has more control over movements. Keep praying that she will hold her head up - that the muscles in her neck will become strong enough to support it. It can be heavy. She has also begun to move her torso. She will move it to try and see Taylor or Daddy if either are in the room. She will also start to rock if you are holding her and she wants to rock in the chair. Praise God for this. A video will be posted soon on http://sdzeylion2003.multiply.com
Also, thanks for all your prayers when we asked for home care. We had a message on our phone a couple of weeks ago and the case has gone above the heads of the people we have been dealing with to the managerial positions. This may have been influenced by a few people who are very important in our lives. They know who they are. But, overall the credit goes to God Almighty, who keeps looking out for us in every sense. Thanks for all your prayers and please continue to pray for home care and her equipment (which we still haven't heard anything about).
On to pictures - the part most of you are waiting for. We have easily captured the princess' smiles this month. She is now showing off 5 teeth and 3 more are ready to break through. We also have reason to believe that her first four molars are trying to make an appearance as her fingers that she chews have now moved to the back of her mouth and their are 4 bumps where her molars will make their first appearance. This is obviously causing the princess some discomfort. Please pray that they will come quickly as to ease the discomfort of breaking in 7 teeth at one time. Also, thanks to those who have sent me pictures for Emilie of people who are praying for her. We have access to some bulletin board space that is in her room and would like to make a collage of pictures for Emilie of people who are praying for her. To show her (and the nurses) the power of prayer. I have only received a few so please send me pictures if you pray for her. You can send the via email to sdzeylion2003@yahoo.ca or email me for my home address if you prefer to send them that way. Thanks so much everybody!!
May God bless each and every one of you who is lifting our daughter up in prayer!!
We love you all!!
Darwin, Sherri, Taylor and especially Emilie
Taylor recently turned four and is now obsessed with anything TOY STORY and CARS. (Not forgetting about his obsession with planes). He loves his little sister and continues to pray "God, please make Emilie feel better, make her hold her head up and make her come home". Please continue to pray along with him.
Emilie is now 10 months old (actually 10 1/2 because I am a little late in posting this months update) She didn't get any longer this past month, which is good news for Taylor (he's only 6.5 inches longer than her). She did, however, gain some weight (she is almost 22 pounds) and some movements. She is moving her head more and more with just a bit of support - to keep her head from falling backwards, but she has more control over movements. Keep praying that she will hold her head up - that the muscles in her neck will become strong enough to support it. It can be heavy. She has also begun to move her torso. She will move it to try and see Taylor or Daddy if either are in the room. She will also start to rock if you are holding her and she wants to rock in the chair. Praise God for this. A video will be posted soon on http://sdzeylion2003.multiply.com
Also, thanks for all your prayers when we asked for home care. We had a message on our phone a couple of weeks ago and the case has gone above the heads of the people we have been dealing with to the managerial positions. This may have been influenced by a few people who are very important in our lives. They know who they are. But, overall the credit goes to God Almighty, who keeps looking out for us in every sense. Thanks for all your prayers and please continue to pray for home care and her equipment (which we still haven't heard anything about).
On to pictures - the part most of you are waiting for. We have easily captured the princess' smiles this month. She is now showing off 5 teeth and 3 more are ready to break through. We also have reason to believe that her first four molars are trying to make an appearance as her fingers that she chews have now moved to the back of her mouth and their are 4 bumps where her molars will make their first appearance. This is obviously causing the princess some discomfort. Please pray that they will come quickly as to ease the discomfort of breaking in 7 teeth at one time. Also, thanks to those who have sent me pictures for Emilie of people who are praying for her. We have access to some bulletin board space that is in her room and would like to make a collage of pictures for Emilie of people who are praying for her. To show her (and the nurses) the power of prayer. I have only received a few so please send me pictures if you pray for her. You can send the via email to sdzeylion2003@yahoo.ca or email me for my home address if you prefer to send them that way. Thanks so much everybody!!
May God bless each and every one of you who is lifting our daughter up in prayer!!
We love you all!!
Darwin, Sherri, Taylor and especially Emilie
Friday, January 26, 2007
Home Care - Individualized funding
Well, I spoke to the manager of individualized funding today. She said that because regular home care turned us down and because they are a branch of home care they can't provide us the support we need either.
MAJOR PRAYER REQUEST
Please pray that God will provide us the support we need to get Emilie home one way or another. We need this support. We can't make Sask Health provide the suppport - We NEED a miracle - a window to open because all the doors are closing on us. Please send this request to everyone you know. A little girl is being kept from her family because home care doesn't want to take a chance with her. They want to stay comfortable - not tread on new water.
Forward this to everyone you know. That God will show us who to go to and keep opening windows!!
Thanks everyone!!
Sherri
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Update on Emilie
Hello everybody!!
I called the PICU yesterday, (sorry I didn't update yesterday) but Emilie is doing somewhat better. Yesterday they didn't do an x-ray to see if the pneumonia is gone, but they did take her off of isolation. They also moved her to a bigger room because she has been crammed in this smaller room for 9 months.
On Saturday when I got to see her, she kept trying to take off my mask. She would grab it and not let go. It was so cute. Anyway, I thank God for all of you and for all of your prayers. Please keep us in your prayers as we do our best to prove to the doctors and nurses that we are able to care for her at home. (Apparently we have to prove ourselves). It would make it easier if nurses wouldn't come in and just take over sometimes and let us work through it.
Please keep praying for her equipment. Obviously, the government hasn't yet sent the money so that her equipment can be released to us. Please keep this in your prayers. Taylor's birthday is coming up and it would be his "bestest" present to have his sister attend his party. Hopefully it will get here soon so we can start taking her on day passes.
Also, we are going to be applying for Individualized funding through home care. Please pray for this as well because I will not be able to look after her alone at nights (I can't stay up 24/7) when Darwin is gone and I can't quit my job. Our power bill will literally double and there will be other expenses on top of everything as well. Please keep these issues in your prayers. Also pray that God will send the right people to us to look after her. This is still a major need and needs a lot of prayer.
Thanks everyone!!
We love you all very much!!
Darwin, Sherri, Taylor, and especially Emilie
I called the PICU yesterday, (sorry I didn't update yesterday) but Emilie is doing somewhat better. Yesterday they didn't do an x-ray to see if the pneumonia is gone, but they did take her off of isolation. They also moved her to a bigger room because she has been crammed in this smaller room for 9 months.
On Saturday when I got to see her, she kept trying to take off my mask. She would grab it and not let go. It was so cute. Anyway, I thank God for all of you and for all of your prayers. Please keep us in your prayers as we do our best to prove to the doctors and nurses that we are able to care for her at home. (Apparently we have to prove ourselves). It would make it easier if nurses wouldn't come in and just take over sometimes and let us work through it.
Please keep praying for her equipment. Obviously, the government hasn't yet sent the money so that her equipment can be released to us. Please keep this in your prayers. Taylor's birthday is coming up and it would be his "bestest" present to have his sister attend his party. Hopefully it will get here soon so we can start taking her on day passes.
Also, we are going to be applying for Individualized funding through home care. Please pray for this as well because I will not be able to look after her alone at nights (I can't stay up 24/7) when Darwin is gone and I can't quit my job. Our power bill will literally double and there will be other expenses on top of everything as well. Please keep these issues in your prayers. Also pray that God will send the right people to us to look after her. This is still a major need and needs a lot of prayer.
Thanks everyone!!
We love you all very much!!
Darwin, Sherri, Taylor, and especially Emilie
Friday, January 12, 2007
pneumonia?
Hey everybody!!
Darwin and I were up to see Emilie tonight. She is in isolation again. She wasn't herself and appeared to be working hard on her ventilator, so they did a chest x-ray and a blood gas. They found out that she has peri-influenza? Something like that. Her chest x-ray showed a small collapse of her left lung right under her heart as well as a "touch" of pneumonia. They made some changes on her ventilator and gave her a little extra support so that she didn't have to work so hard. They also started an IV to give her antibiotics to treat her illness. Please pray for healing. Also if some of you are wondering, Emilie did have that RSV vaccine so her risk of catching RSV (which is very common in young children and infants, but can be harsh to children who are at higher risks of repiratory problems) is low. Thanks for your prayers. I have confidence that those who check for updates regularly will be praying for healing for this. All of you are in our prayers as well. Please, also send some pictures or even a short prayer to us so that Emilie can see who is praying for her and/or hearing the prayers that you are praying for her. She loves looking at pictures and being read to. I think that it would be wonderful to have a scrapbook of people who are praying for her as a souvenir for us and for her. It would help give us comfort and support. Thanks everybody!! Please remember Emilie in your prayers as well as little Connor.
Love,
Sherri
Darwin and I were up to see Emilie tonight. She is in isolation again. She wasn't herself and appeared to be working hard on her ventilator, so they did a chest x-ray and a blood gas. They found out that she has peri-influenza? Something like that. Her chest x-ray showed a small collapse of her left lung right under her heart as well as a "touch" of pneumonia. They made some changes on her ventilator and gave her a little extra support so that she didn't have to work so hard. They also started an IV to give her antibiotics to treat her illness. Please pray for healing. Also if some of you are wondering, Emilie did have that RSV vaccine so her risk of catching RSV (which is very common in young children and infants, but can be harsh to children who are at higher risks of repiratory problems) is low. Thanks for your prayers. I have confidence that those who check for updates regularly will be praying for healing for this. All of you are in our prayers as well. Please, also send some pictures or even a short prayer to us so that Emilie can see who is praying for her and/or hearing the prayers that you are praying for her. She loves looking at pictures and being read to. I think that it would be wonderful to have a scrapbook of people who are praying for her as a souvenir for us and for her. It would help give us comfort and support. Thanks everybody!! Please remember Emilie in your prayers as well as little Connor.
Love,
Sherri
Monday, January 8, 2007
Emilie 9 months old - January 7th, 2007
Hello everybody!!
Well, we made it to 9 months old!! The time is sure flying by. Emilie, of course, is still growing like a weed. She is now 31 inches long and is around 21 pounds. She loves the toys that she got for Christmas, but unfortunately some of them had to be sent home and frozen for two weeks because over Christmas she was ill. Apparently it was just a bladder infection, which we thought was a cold that Taylor had passed on to her - so she was placed in isolation. The procedures for removing someone from isolation are that everything has to get cleaned. So they scrubbed her room and I have to freeze her toys and posters.
Anyway, thanks for all your prayers. Emilie is enjoying going for her walks. Unfortunately, Daddy is sick and couldn't go up to see Em this weekend. Mommy, Grandma Updike and Great-grandma Wright took Emilie out for a walk this afternoon. Her nurse accompanied us for a bit and took some pictures for us. We got a four generations of women picture as well as pictures of Em with Great-grandma Wright and with both Grandmas. Emilie is enjoying her walks with Mommy. I thank God that she is out of isolation and able to go out for walks again. Hopefully soon we can take her for a walk outside. Or even on a day pass!! Please continue to pray for her equipment. God is good and Emilie is improving - slowly, but she is improving!! Pray that she will be able to hold up her head. She is moving her head more and more each day and continues to wiggle her torso. She can really kick her legs when they are dangling down, but can't lift her thighs. Pray for these areas. Your prayers are NOT unheard and we know and can feel your faithfulness in praying for her. We love each and every one of you. Please continue to pray for Emilie.
Love
Darwin, Sherri, Taylor and especially Emilie
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