Evlyne la'Fae
On Jan. 6th, at 11:43 AM Evlyne la'Fae was born.
She weighed 2.950 and was 48cms. The day after she was born, the doctor informed us that because my blood type is O+ and hers is A, during my pregnancy, some of my anti-bodies passed thru the placenta into her body resulting in my anti-bodies attacking her red blood cells, which causes the bilirubins to go up, which in turn causes her to have a somewhat more serious case of jaundice than the average baby has.
She has to be under a special lamp as much as possible throughout the day, and tho I am able to take her out and nurse her a few times a day, it is best if it's not for longer than a half-hour at a time.
I spent my 5 days at the hospital, but yesterday, my stay was up so I came home. While it was great to be back and be able to see Alice again, it was hard to leave my little baby in a hospital so far away.
We'll be going back every day to be with her for as long as possible, but this is quite a strain on us as it's fairly tiring.
Please pray for the situation that the Lord will help things to make a turn for the better as quickly as possible.
TTL, overall it hasn't been too difficult, I've been feeling remarkably strong and healthy and the Lord's given us the grace to trust Him thru all of this.
Prayer requests are:
-For her anti-bodies to be able to sucessfully fight of my anti-bodies
-For the bilirubins to go down drastically and for them to stay down after they remove the lamps and let her be out for a prolonged period.
-For her eyes to not get affected by this light. She has to wear a mask over her eyes to protect them, but she doesn't like it much and often tries to move it away from her eyes, and since the nurses can't be looking at her constantly, there are times when her eyes get exposed.
-Against dehydration as this light causes her to become somewhat dehydrated. Thankfully, she's nursing very well and I have a lot of mike PTL!
-For her to be able to leave the hospital very soon and come home without any further complications.
-For Alice to deal well with this situation and continue to be happy and cheerful.
-For Tino's and my strength and for continued trust in the Lord's care of our little one.
Thanks so much for your prayers!!
