Please continue to pray for the health of this entire little family, including Daddy Rob, who has had one doc appointment and two others lined up.
Please pray for a wonderful and relaxing weekend for the four of them as Rob is planning on taking some much deserved time off.
They have their next Doc appointment on Monday, so unless something changes I may not post again until then.
Thank you for your continuing emails of support and your faithful prayers to our Lord. Feel free to post comments on this site or to email. We do appreciate so much hearing from you.
Four weeks from today we pray to see God's miracle!

I just spoke with Taylor and all is well. Little One is kicking a lot this morning. 66 days of bedrest so far and 28 to go, if delivery is actually July 28 as scheduled.
We spoke of how we continue to see God's hand in this in so many ways.
She has been able to work from home, but has had concern over using up her leave. Because of the DC floods her office is closed and no one is working and it looks like they will not for a month!
She and Rob were wondering about when to have the steroid shots to help Little One's lungs. Because she was admitted to the hospital Tuesday night, the docs decided to go ahead and give them.
God is constantly reminding us that He is in this most difficult situation.
Please continue your prayers for a miracle, for everyone's health and protection. Please pray our Almighty Lord will be glorified through this all.
Our verse remains the same...." They cried to You and were saved; in You they trusted and were not disappointed."

I am sitting in the DC airport waiting for my flight, a most normal yet currently heart wrenching experience. Taylor came home from the hospital last night. She told me this morning that the NICU people did come to her room after I left yesterday. Her doctor had warned us that they would be coming. She told us to take their gloom and doom with a grain of salt. That is their job. But how do you do that? How does the jury disregard statements that are made?
They have no hope because of her situation. They tell the details of what heartbreaking things we might expect. I asked if they offered any hope. She said no.
I said we will have hope because our God tells us to.
I hope to return one week from today. Telling my son goodbye this morning… leaving Taylor lying in her bed….watching Luke and Keyla ( the nanny) wave goodbye from the front yard as my taxi pulled away…..pulls on my heart in a way I cannot put into words.

It is about 10:30 pm DC time and Rob has gone to Hopkins to pick up Taylor. The docs are not super concerned about the bleeding since it has mostly stopped. But what a day it has been! Rob had one of the busiest days of his career today and has been tired, to say the least. I went to the hospital around 9:30 this morning and got back to their house around 4:30 pm. The highlight of my day was seeing Little One's face on the ultrasound. There are no words to express what I felt and I can only imagine what his mommy felt. We saw his tiny eyes, his nose, his hands, his legs....his little heart and tummy.....this miracle being woven together in his mommy's womb by our most amazing Lord and Creator!
The doc says best case scenario is Little One comes into this world crying with a few minor physical problems who will spend some time in the NICU. The worst case scenario is one born with weak lungs and a long drawn out effort to save a life that fails. BUT we are Christians and we trust our God....as the toddler devotional book I read to Luke says.... when you trust God you believe everything will be ok.

Rob just called and they think all is ok, but are keeping her for a couple of days. She will get her first steroid shot tonight. Thanks for your continuing prayers to our most lovng Father.

About 6pm tonight Taylor called from her bed for Rob. He looked at me and went upstairs, both of us knowing by the way she called she was not ok. He found she was bleeding and they called the doc who told them to come in. In the midst of the DC flooding, they drove to Hopkins.
It is hard to describe the past few days. They had central air put in which had to be installed in the attic above their bedroom. The unit began leaking thru their plaster ceiling so we have had AC men here almost everyday. Last night their basement began flooding. Many government buildings are closed. Luke had his 18 months shots at the doc today…not pleasant. I am trying to figure out how to clean sheets with no washer since it is in the basement.
The doc accidentally just called here thinking she was getting Rob’s cell phone…she said she had tried labor and delivery and there was no answer. I don’t know what that means…
But Luke is snug in his bed as the rain pours and the thunder crashes outside…and it all through our God reigns! They cried to you and were saved. In You they trusted and were not disappointed.

Little One is now 29 weeks old and kicking away inside his Mommy Taylor. The due date of 34 weeks is now only six weeks away.Taylor is on bedrest and has been since April 18. She and Rob have been and continue to be remarkable!

Blood pressure of Mommy and heart rate of Little One are perfectly normal. His size is in the bottom 3%, but as one lady told us, "Little One may be little, but God is big!"

Since March 9 the docs see little or no amniotic fluid, which is essential for lung development. Rob and Taylor have tried amnioinfusion at Johns Hopkins, they have tried an amniopatch at NYU.Now, according to their wonderful group of perinatologists at Johns Hopkins we all hear that Little one has only a 5-10% chance of living once he is born. Yet we call on our merciful Lord:
"They cried to You and were saved; in you they trusted and were not disappointed."