Prayers Needed for Carter

Auntie Sarah reporting.

Last night Carter started having a little trouble. At his 1am feeding, he refused his bottle, then his heart monitor began to go off. Jessica and Kevin did the stuff they knew to do, which involves stimulating him and shaking him a bit. Just when the monitor got quiet, it would start up again. They were not able to keep his heart beating regularly, so they called 911. The abulance took him to St. Lukes in Sioux City. They hooked him up to more "stuff" and ran some tests. He tested positive for Influenza A. They think it may be related to the instability of his heart rate. They do know that it is not being caused by acid reflux as it had been in the past. The doctors decided that he needed to go to the Children's Hospital in Omaha. They were going to take him by helicopter, but there was fog in OMaha, so the hosipital in Omaha sent an abulance instead. The crew from Omaha arrived about 8:45am. They decided to give him a little oxygen and when they did this, his heart rate did stablize a little. Before that, if he would relax or fall asleep, his heart rate would drop and they would need to shake him to get it back on track.

Kevin and Jessica and Grandma Deb followed the ambulance to Omaha, while Grandpa Rick and I went to the house to help with the rest of the crew.

Please pray for little Carter (I say little, but he weighed in at 8lb 9oz this morning!) and Jessica and Kevin. We need safe travel for them all as well a quick recovery. Life is better when they are all at home!

Stay tuned, we will keep you all posted.

Sarah