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Tag Archives: God is good
22 August 2014 – Toby is most definitely tubeless! :-)
Dear friends, It is with immeasurable delight, relief, thanksgiving, rejoicing – and confidence! – that we can now say that Toby is most definitely tubeless! Thank you to those of you who have been praying this week, after we first … Continue reading
19 June 2014 – Toby’s Update…
Hello friends, We had an appointment with the gastroenterologist this morning. We are going ahead with the gastroscopy on Monday morning, in order to eliminate the nagging question mark that still lingers as to whether there is anything wrong in … Continue reading
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Tagged 9 month old, baby, children's health, Craniosynostosis, delayed development, developmental delay, developmental milestones, duodentitis, faith, friendship, gastroscopy, God is good, healing, Metopic Synostosis, neck strength, neurological, NNU, oesophagitis, paediatric gastroenterologist, parenting, prayer request, rolling, sitting up, steadfastness, support, Tobias, TOF, tracheoesophageal fistula, trust, trusting God, upper airway secretions, video fluoroscopy
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5 February 2014 – An update…
So, dear Isobel was well within her rights to be irritable last week. And the fever, sickness and loss of appetite were all just short-lived and early symptoms of bronchialitis. We took her to our walk-in doctors’ clinic on Sunday … Continue reading
12 December 2013 – An update (if you can bear another!)…
I thought it was about time to give you a little more news. Things are looking quite Christmassy around here, with our Christmas tree in place, our lovely nativity scene in situ and advent calendars galore (what are grandparents for?!) … Continue reading
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Tagged all things together for good, answered prayer, baby, cardiology, children's health, Christmas, colic, colicky, community, diuretics, family, feeding, God is good, God's faithfulness, God's provision, home, inguinal hernia, neonatal unit, NNU, parenting, prematurity, redundancy, unity, VSD
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Good news!
A quick turn around from this morning… Toby is having no assistance with his breathing now. He has had a little milk from a bottle and seems to be tolerating it, so will be due another feed soon. They are … Continue reading
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Tagged answered prayer, baby, children's health, faith, God is good, inguinal hernia, normalising, operation, parenting, prayer, premature baby, Special Care
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29 October 2013 – Update on hernia op etc.
So, no date set for Toby’s hernia operation yet. It will not be today, as we had thought. The anaesthesiologist has said that he/she wants Toby to have a cardiology report before they decide if they are happy to administer … Continue reading
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Tagged anaesthesiologist, baby, cardiologist, cardiology, children's health, delay, faith, general anaesthetic, God is good, God's faithfulness, God's ways, heart condition, hernia, hospital, inguinal hernia, neonatal unit, NNU, operation, parenting, patience, peace, premature baby, premature birth, prematurity, Romans 8, Romans 8:28, timing, trust, trusting God, waiting
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13 October 2013 – Discovered a heart problem…
We discovered yesterday that Toby has a problem with his heart. It is a form of congenital heart disease, called an AVSD. It’s basically a hole in the heart, between the two chambers, which means that the blood from both … Continue reading
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Tagged abdominal pain, AVSD, baby, breathing difficulties, cardiologist, children's health, complete AVSD, congenital heart disease, faith, God is good, God's faithfulness, God's goodness, healing, heart concerns, heart problem, hole in the heart, holes in the heart, hospital, neonatal unit, NNU, open heart surgery, parenting, prayer, prayer request, premature birth, prematurity, rooming in, Tobias, trust, trusting God
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4 October 2013… We have a name!
Dear friends, Perhaps to the disappointment of those who thought we had actually decided upon ‘Eager’ (it was tempting…), we now have a name for our boy… Tobias Asher Jacob (You can call him Toby :-) Tobias – ‘God is … Continue reading
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Tagged Asher, children's health, church, community, determination, ebm, encouragement, expressed breast milk, faith, God is good, God's faithfulness, happy, incubator, Jacob, keen, love, maintaining temperature, names, naming, neonatal unit, NNU, parenting, perseverance, prayer, premature birth, prematurity, regulating temperature, tenacity, Tobias
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29 September 2013… He’s arrived!
Baby Boy ‘Eager’ was born at 5.15am, weighing 3lb 15oz. Arriving at 32 weeks & 2 days he is spending some time in the Neonatal Unit. He is doing really well & breathing without support. Ed and I had our … Continue reading
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Tagged 1.79kg, 32+2 weeks gestation, 3lb 15oz, child birth, children's health, eager, God is good, neonatal unit, NNU, parenthood, pregnancy, premature birth, premature labour, prematurity
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