[Magdalen] Prayer request

[Jay Weigel]

I was thinking primarily of the separation factor. My friend Christie's son
Aiden was born at about 30 weeks and was a NICU baby for awhile. He weighed
3 lbs. and something at birth. Some of you may recall praying for him 6
years ago. He is now a great big kid, tallest in his class, who is among
other things following his mother as a swimmer. He's been winning blue
ribbons all summer in his age group. But Christie regrets the time he was
in NICU when he was separated from her.

My uncle John, born in 1908, was also early and very small. Neither he nor
his mother was expected to live, but they both pulled through. I remember
hearing tales of the harrowing horse-drawn ambulance ride through the
streets of St. Louis, and of how little John was wrapped in layers of
flannel and cotton batting, with a cotton batting cap, and placed in a
shoebox surrounded by hot bricks to keep him warm. They didn't have oxygen
then, of course. Somehow he made it, though, and grew up to be my favorite
uncle, the one who told us stories and took us fishing and was amazingly
patient with all children.

On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 9:17 AM, Michael Bishop <rev at michaelbishop.name>
wrote:

> The weight is not that low! I was born about 6 weeks early and was so
> small that I was not weighed at birth. They simply put me in the airing
> cupboard to keep me warm. (No things like incubators were available back in
> 1947) When I was a month old, I was finally weighed in at 4lb 4oz fully
> clothed!
>
> My prayers, of course, for mother, baby and all the family.
>
> God bless
>
> .....
> .....
> Michael Bishop
> rev at michaelbishop.name
>
>
> On 29/07/2018 14:10, Jay Weigel wrote:
>
>> Oh my goodness, Grace. Prayers that everything goes well and that baby
>> gets
>> to a reasonable size by 34 weeks before they do the C-section. 4-5 lbs is
>> way too small to be out here!
>>
>> Prayers for your DIL's sister Dayanna, Clarissa. That's a shocker.
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 28, 2018 at 5:58 PM, Clarissa Canning <canplum at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Prayers will be said.  I ask Prayers for Dayanna my D-¡N - Law sister who
>>> waited till after My Granddaughter's birth to tell Gaby  about 2 stage B.
>>> cancer.  Their mother from Peru has come. Dayanna  has 2 young boys. I
>>> believe she in her 30s. chemo is starting ... I hope to meet Mamábuela
>>> tonight.
>>> Thank you. She is RC.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jul 28, 2018, 12:39 PM ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> And a friend who endured weeks of bed rest in a teaching hospital lying
>>>>
>>> on
>>>
>>>> her left side,
>>>> only allowed to get up once a day.
>>>>
>>>> Baby Julia is now in her thirties and doing human rights work in South
>>>> America.
>>>> -M
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Saturday, July 28, 2018, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Prayers rising !
>>>>> My neighbor, a nurse in her late 30s, just went through this exact
>>>>> situation at 34 weeks with great success -she had a Cesarean and mom
>>>>>
>>>> and
>>>
>>>> babe's situation improved immediately after delivery - 5 weeks later
>>>>>
>>>> all
>>>
>>>> is
>>>>
>>>>> still going well.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>