Posted on 04/15/2011 6:49:30 AM PDT by Brian Kopp DPM
Lord, please heal Thy servant Regina and comfort her family.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, in the company of saints in Heaven we pray, amen.
We just returned from the spaghetti dinner at the Cresson American Legion. They hoped 200 people might attend, but 800 showed up! Praise God, this will really help with their mounting expenses.
Here are some updates this weekend from Regina's mom on the Facebook "Pray For Regina page:
I am home now; but had two phone calls already from Greg. First they thought maybe she was bleeding from her trauma this morning and maybe she was going to need another bronchoscopy if positive they would have to take out the double lumen and we would be back at square one; so we prayed the rosary. Greg called and said no they do not think she is actively bleeding and we will stay the course;Praise God!
Then he called her name and she opened her eyes and looked at him!!!!! So their fear of brain damage from her heart stopping this morning I believe is no longer a concern(at least for us). And she is tolerating the new pressure on her left lung. So keep up the prayers; God is listening!!! Jesus I Trust in You!on SaturdayWell God has gotten our baby through another near death. This morning the ECMO machine had a malfunction and Air was heading for her; so they had to shut off the machine and chest compessions. So everything has started up again but we now have a bit of collapse on the right sided and we are waiting to see how much bleeding it has caused. I was not here Greg was and he is a little shaken.
So we ask Dear Lord for continue progress and that little Regina continues to heal.
Jesus I Trust in You!on Saturday
Wow! today has been both scary and Blessed. The Doctors just came to me around 3pm when Father Rizzo was visiting and Sallyanne Allen. They said are you on board with this. I said with what? We are going to put a double lumen tube down with the anesthesiologist which each will go to a different lung. So each lung is set with its own ventilator. This will give the Doctors the ability to rest the right lung and exercise the left lung. If we can get the left lung to expand it might be able to support her and it will be our first positive step to get off ECMO. Scary but so far its working. All the Fellows came in on this because it is so rare. So I pray that it all stays in place and helps with what we need. I thank you all for your prayers! Today was a miracle that they wanted to try this! And hopefully they will be able to do this for other kids in the future. Jesus I Trust in Youon FridaySo we just finished round; At the moment she is stable but her lungs have not really improved yet. They are increasing her nutrition with the hopes that will help her body fight. She is a fighter when she is well this will truly be a testament to prayer. It will be all God's doing all the Glory will be given to him as it should.
So we face another day with Faith and Trust; The Lord is my Shepherd There is Nothing I Shall Want! Jesus I Trust in You!
prayers continue
Of course!One memorare right now and more prayers later.
Thank you for the updates. I will pray again for the dear girl.
Praying.
Well I guess today was good. But the she has started bleeding from her left lung. The doctors are trying to stop the bleeding; this doctor we have now does not seem very positive. So God really needs to show him that despite what they are saying Regia can do it. She will get better because God can do all things! They get their knowledge from God. So dear Lord give the Doctors wisdom tonight. I need prayer warriors tonight!!! Jesus I Trust in You!
Prayers ongoing.
PRAYERS UP.
PRAYER REQ PING
Here are some updates this weekend from Regina’s mom on the Facebook “Pray For Regina page:
I am home now; but had two phone calls already from Greg. First they thought maybe she was bleeding from her trauma this morning and maybe she was going to need another bronchoscopy if positive they would have to take out the double lumen and we would be back at square one; so we prayed the rosary. Greg called and said no they do not think she is actively bleeding and we will stay the course;Praise God!
Then he called her name and she opened her eyes and looked at him!!!!! So their fear of brain damage from her heart stopping this morning I believe is no longer a concern(at least for us). And she is tolerating the new pressure on her left lung. So keep up the prayers; God is listening!!! Jesus I Trust in You!
on Saturday
Well God has gotten our baby through another near death. This morning the ECMO machine had a malfunction and Air was heading for her; so they had to shut off the machine and chest compessions. So everything has started up again but we now have a bit of collapse on the right sided and we are waiting to see how much bleeding it has caused. I was not here Greg was and he is a little shaken.
So we ask Dear Lord for continue progress and that little Regina continues to heal.
Jesus I Trust in You!
on Saturday
Wow! today has been both scary and Blessed. The Doctors just came to me around 3pm when Father Rizzo was visiting and Sallyanne Allen. They said are you on board with this. I said with what? We are going to put a double lumen tube down with the anesthesiologist which each will go to a different lung. So each lung is set with its own ventilator. This will give the Doctors the ability to rest the right lung and exercise the left lung. If we can get the left lung to expand it might be able to support her and it will be our first positive step to get off ECMO. Scary but so far its working. All the Fellows came in on this because it is so rare. So I pray that it all stays in place and helps with what we need. I thank you all for your prayers! Today was a miracle that they wanted to try this! And hopefully they will be able to do this for other kids in the future. Jesus I Trust in You
on Friday
So we just finished round; At the moment she is stable but her lungs have not really improved yet. They are increasing her nutrition with the hopes that will help her body fight. She is a fighter when she is well this will truly be a testament to prayer. It will be all God’s doing all the Glory will be given to him as it should.
So we face another day with Faith and Trust; The Lord is my Shepherd There is Nothing I Shall Want! Jesus I Trust in You!
Thanks so much for the update. Prayers continuing for this dear child, her family and the medical staff.
God be with them.
Tatt
Thank you for keeping us informed. Prayers continue...
Thanks tons for your caring prayers.
Prayers up for this little lady and her family/friends.
I will lift up Regina in prayer.
Prayers up in Jesus’ name. Thanks for the ping Quix.
THANKS FOR THE PRAYERS.
Another mom to three here. Stress beyond belief. We went thru similar with our then-11 year old. Today he is a strapping 27 year old. I pray Regina and the Sweeney family enjoy the same, full blessed recovery.
More prayers.
Regina's mom just asked again for prayers. Things are not looking good at this point:
Well Prayer Warriors its now or never! They just told us there is nothing more they can do! They are trying one more medicine tomorrow but they do not have much hope. I do though. I know we can have the miracle! But it will have to come tomorrow! Jesus I Trust in You!4 minutes ago
Regina had some bleeding around 4am but is now otherwise stable. She is scheduled for a bronchoscopy around noon. So prays appreciated around noon today. We pray they get all the blood out of her left lung; so it can expand fully and work. Thanks pray warriors! Jesus I Trust in You!
Sorry to hear the news Dr. Kopp.
Praying for Regina and her family...
Blessings,
SZ
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