Scary Night

Last night Emma almost died. At approximately 6:30 she started to have all sorts of spells. We received a call at 7:30 saying that we needed to come in to the hospital. At that point, we feared the worst. When we arrived there were at least 10 people at her bedside working on her and she looked like she was dead. Her heart rate was at 0 and her blood oxygen level was too. She may have been dead at some point and brought back. They were giving her CPR for at least an hour. The doctor asked us if we wanted to baptize her and I asked if that meant she was gone. She said no, but it was not looking good. We prayed with the hospital chaplain and her nurse from the day and God heard our prayers. Right after that, Emma started to have vitals again. They continued to work on her until she became somewhat stable and then took some ultrasounds and x-rays. We don’t know why it happened. During the process of resuscitating her, her lungs over inflated and air leaked into her chest cavity. She has tubes in her chest to release the air from her chest cavity and lungs. Her lungs should fully heal. Her heart looks OK right now too. She is on an oscillating ventilator right now to vibrate her chest and help her breathe. She is also on a ton of medications, including three separate IVs. They have temporarily paralyzed her to keep her from feeling pain. We don’t know what long term effects there will be, but we still have our little girl. We stayed at the hospital last night just to be near her and in case something happened. We will do the same tonight. Please pray that Emma will fully recover and not have any long term damage from this. Also pray for the doctors and nurses as they continue to care for her. They did an amazing job last night and you could tell everyone was genuinely concerned. Please pray for Alissa and I as well as we cope with all of this.
Thank you, Mark