{"id":1135,"date":"2013-08-10T04:07:20","date_gmt":"2013-08-10T09:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/simon-flanagan\/?p=1135"},"modified":"2013-08-10T04:07:20","modified_gmt":"2013-08-10T09:07:20","slug":"karis-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/simon-flanagan\/2013\/08\/10\/karis-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Karis update"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hi all, Thanks again for your prayers and many notes of encouragement! Wonderful to be part of such a big family.<\/p>\n

Baby Karis Eden Flanagan. Born at 10:30pm weighing in at 7 pounds 11 or 3.4kg. She is beautiful and has thick black curly hair.<\/p>\n

Karis did struggle breathing etc. and had to be put on a breathing tube. She needed an invasive operation also to open a valve in her heart to allow blood to mix. During the op a freak mistake happened when the lost a catheter in her left atrium. This was a scare but they got it back and completed the little op successfully. Karis stats and oxygen levels rose well and she is now stable!<\/p>\n

Karis continues to improve!! Today she is off her morphine and should be coming off her ventilator also. Today they also hope to introduce her a little milk in her stomach through a feeding tube. Tomorrow we may even get to hold her; we cant wait! Last night at midnight we got to wash her down and change a nappy\/diaper! Never felt so good to change a nappy.<\/p>\n

Please be praying –<\/p>\n

1) That Karis does well and can breathe normally when she comes off her ventilator.<\/p>\n

2) That the extra blood needed to digest the 1mm of milk she will get every hour will not drop her stats.<\/p>\n

3) Pray she will eat well and put on weight and get better as she preps for her twelve hour open heart surgery next week.<\/p>\n

4) Pray we get a good balance of spending time with all of our kids. We are finding this a difficult balance.<\/p>\n

5) We have so much to thank God for – provision of accommodation \/ Grandmothers babysitting \/ cars running well \/ Karis came through her balloon procedure \/ Gods provision through friends\/ kindness in many practical ways \/ care of the body of Christ \/ Gods sustaining grace in our lives \/ sleep \/ Annika is in good health \/ opportunities to talk of our faith \/ Nya and Noah have a school place each near our home! etc. etc.<\/p>\n

6) Pray for two families and nurses that we have gotten to know better; they are asking lots of questions about what we do and why on earth we do it.<\/p>\n

In His Grip,<\/p>\n

Simon, Annika, Nya, Noah and Karis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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