Encouragement and Praise

Since we asked who is praying, we've had half a dozen people respond and another half a dozen subscribe to the e-mail updates. The Langager family is getting soaked in prayer. Thank you so, so much!

On the way to pick up her parents this afternoon from their hotel (they're here, which is awesome!), Susan left the following message about David's progress:

Yesterday they had to put him back on the bilirubin lights for jaundice, but he had 3 big poops yesterday, which helps get rid of jaundice. Today they were able to turn off one light, so he's down to one light and he's had 2 big poops today, so that's good.

Another encouragement today for Susan was that he was pretty stable yesterday with a bit of a rough night last night; however, today they had to put in a new holder for the ventilator in his mouth. Even though there's a lot of jostling around when that happens, they were able to keep his oxygen in the mid-60's, which is good (they've been having to turn it up to 100% and yesterday he was already at 100% before being weaned back down to the 60's--and that was without any added stimulation). What a victory! Yay, God!

He's still up at 9 on the oxygen pressure, and today they were reducing his nitric oxide, which is just another setting on the oxygen. Depending on how much he can handle, they're going to try to lower it by one point every 6 hours. It was at 5, they got it down to 4 today, and at 6 p.m. they were supposed to turn it to 3 to try to get down to 1, depending on what he can tolerate.

They had to give him a dose of lasix (?) today to get rid of excess fluid,
but he's peeing and pooping normally and healthfully, and that's really
good.

His blood pressure has been good. They took out the UVC line, the line in his umbilical cord, which they knew would have to come out at some point, and he's doing well.

Biggest Praise Report today for Susan:
The x-ray this morning showed that his lungs are still hazy, but no longer hyper-extended, or blown up too much. This is a direct answer to prayer! Please pray that his lungs will completely clear up.

James 5:16 (NIV)
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

Who are the righteous?

Galatians 3:6 (NIV)
Consider Abraham: "He believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness."

Do you believe God? Do you have faith in Him? Then, you are the righteous! Your prayers are powerful and effective!

We are believing God for every promise, every prophecy, every dream, every prayer--every word spoken over baby David. We are calling forth his destiny and purpose, speaking LIFE and HEALTH to his little body. Our God is not the God of the inevitable. Our God is the God of the impossible.

Mark 10:27 (NIV)
Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God."

Luke 1:37 (AMP)
For with God nothing is ever impossible and no word from God shall be without power or impossible of fulfillment.