I normally hate blogging from my phone but I’m a complete ball of nerves at the moment and going crazy feeling like I need to do something. Please excuse any typos I might make.
I got a text message yesterday evening saying that my friend’s water had broken and they were giving her mag to stop contractions and steroid injections to mature her baby’s lungs.
I’m going crazy wondering whether it was a complete rupture or if it’s possible the bag can reseal and since I haven’t heard anything since then, wondering if no news is good news at this point?
My heart hurts for her and her hubby. I visited over the weekend and they continue to be two of the strongest, most amazing people I know. No one deserves to go through the hell they’re living right now but it feels especially wrong that it would happen to two such genuinely good and loving people.
I’m trying to pray as specifically as I can without knowing all the details at this point. The truth is I usually do not like to pray for things, it makes me feel like I’m treating God as a magic genie that grants wishes. But I know that Christians who have a far better understanding of the Bible than I do feel comfortable praying for specific things and I feel that in this situation I just have to. So here is what I’m praying for in case anyone reading this would like to pray too:
1) no contractions
2) no infection
3) her bag will reseal and fluid will regenerate
4) baby’s lungs will grow strong quickly
5) no adverse reactions to the mag or steroids (she has a lot of issues with side effects normally)
6) for strength for her and her hubby to keep hoping for a miracle
The lyrics to Our Hope Endures by Natalie Grant keep running through my mind. I’m going to keep praying and hoping for a miracle.
You would think
Only so much can go wrong
Calamity only strikes once
And you assume
That this one has suffered her share
Life will be kinder from here
But sometimes the sun stays hidden for years
Sometimes the sky rains night after night
When will it clear?
But our hope endures
Through the worst of conditions
It’s more than our optimism
Let the earth quake
Our hope is unchanged