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Baby Lily

I want to introduce you to Baby Lily.  

Lily and her feeding tube, oh and her head garnish!

This is the newest member of the Weeks family.  Lily was born about two weeks ago with a birth defect.  Her parents were told part way through the pregnancy that Lily had "D transposition of the great arteries".  In layman's terms, this means the two major blood vessels in her heart had not developed properly.  Without surgery shortly after birth, Lily would not survive.

Lily's parents, James and Tobi, are devoted Christians.  After a few days of adjustment, they began telling key people about the situation and the prayers went up to the Lord.  As more people were made aware, more prayers went up.  As the pregnancy progressed and they made trips to UVA to meet the teams, more prayers went up.  When Tobi went into labor, more prayers went up.

About a week after her birth, Lily underwent open heart surgery.  She did very well, but was left with an open chest wound, on the ventilator and multiple medications.  Then we all waited for progress and we prayed even more.  Each day, Tobi would post the updates.  No swelling occurred and they closed the wound.  The ventilator was removed.  The medications were stopped.  Even the oxygen was shut off.  We rejoiced with each step and continued to, you guessed it, pray for more.

At one point during her hospital stay, her dad said to her mom, "There must be something wrong, she never cries." I laughed when Tobi texted me to tell me.  "He will regret that statement soon enough!" I responded.  She said that is exactly what she told him and then said, "She is so peacful, like she knows everything is ok." Lily had no idea how much worry we all had experienced from the day the diagnosis was made to that very moment.  She just went with the flow, made it threw every step of the process and reached each goal earlier than expected.

Lily rested in the arms of the Lord as he carried her through this first few weeks.  We are so grateful for the mighty healer.  His ways are perfect.

We love you Baby Lily!  Enjoy your life!

In His service,
Mally





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