November 1, 2007

Family/Friends:

I know that email is not the most personal way to deliver this request, but it's difficult to talk about it--as you can imagine, and I wanted to get as many people praying ASAP.

Trisha and I just returned from the perinatologist for an ultrasound on the yet to be named Larson. She discovered a major heart defect which, if correctable, will require surgery after birth. There is a problem with the ventricles--there's only one instead of 2. Initial diagnosis is "Tetralogy of Fallot." We don't know much more than that, and we are lining up appointments with specialists to get a more definitive diagnosis/prognosis. Trisha will likely get an amniocentesis on Monday to check for genetic problems (this would mean a false negative from the blood work already done).

Please pray for a miracle healing. Pray that whatever the official diagnosis is, that it's correctable. Pray for our family--Shayna & Noah especially as they are old enough to know something is wrong. Also Trisha & me as we cope with this.

Also, feel free to forward this to others who you think would be willing to pray.

Thank you so much!

Erik