Eric and Lisa

Sometimes life doesn't seem fair. It seems like some people have to go through more than a human being should be able to handle. Our friends Jeremiah and Laura Borke are two such people. They recently lost the lives of their two newborn twin sons. While the twins were in Laura's womb, it was discovered that they had twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome -- basically that one twin was "stealing" a lot of the nutrients from the other twin. Through much prayer, the twins were able to make it several weeks past the 26-week deadline that the doctors had set for them, and last Monday (a week ago today), they performed an emergency c-section on Laura to deliver the twins. The first one, Taran, died only 8 minutes after delivery. If he had not lived long enough to be delivered, his brother, Tegid, would not have made it out of the womb alive. Tegid did arrive, though, because of his brother's heroism. However, his kidneys were not strong enough to support him yet, and on Friday at about 8pm, he also died. So after all this turmoil and worry, Jare and Laura have had to go home empty-handed. Our hearts break with them in this tragedy, and our prayers and tears are with them.

On Wednesday at 7am, Eric's Papaw (Bob Flynn -- his mom's dad) will be having a quadruple bypass surgery, as well as a Maize (spelling?) procedure done to help stimulate the growth of more blood vessels on and around his heart. It's a pretty risky surgery, due to the fact that Papaw is 77 years old and had severe complications from the installation of a pacemaker less than a year ago -- a malady that he's never quite recovered from. His surgeons are worried, but feel that this needs to be done now to prevent a fatal heart attack. We ask for your prayers for his physical health, as well as his mental health. Also, please pray for Mamaw (Phyllis Flynn) as this is a very difficult time for her, too. Thank you for your prayers.

--Lisa

My doctor's appointment today went very well. I woke up this morning feeling much better, which was a good sign, and after examining me, the doctor thought that everything looked OK. I don't know what the problem was, and neither did she, but the important thing is that it seems to have passed. So, I'm sticking to the nursing for now. Hallelujah! We gave Ian some formula last night to supplement one of his meals since I didn't have enough to feed him, and man, that stuff stinks!!! It was amazing how just the smell of it could turn me off like that and motivate me to keep on nursing as long as possible. I'm so thankful that things are working better today and I can put off the thought of weaning him for a little while longer.

Nothing much going on here. Ian and I were sick this past weekend -- me more so than Ian. He just seemed a little uncomfortable and "off". I had a migraine on Saturday and Sunday, along with a fever and some more nursing problems. I have an appointment at the OB/Gyn tomorrow, and I'll be talking to the doctor about possibly ending breastfeeding. I hate to do it, but it's starting to affect Ian, and he might be better off just switching to formula at this point. We'll see. I'd like to continue if possible.

At any rate, Ian's getting cuter and more fun by the day. If you look at the pictures in his photo album on this website, you'll see that he's found his thumb. It's become his best friend! He's playing a lot more with toys and is starting to be really interested in the world around him. He still loves his daily bathtime, and making faces and funny noises with Daddy is his favorite pasttime. Eric and I try to get out once a week just the two of us, even if it's just for coffee, and Ian does really well with that. We have so many people here that love to take care of him -- we are blessed with some really great and loving friends. It helps to compensate for the fact that we're so far away from family.

I hope this finds all of you well!

--LisaJoy