Friday, October 3, 2025

Prayers Needed

JJ is not going to post a ZeroBear PolyBear recipe this week but instead request prayers for his great-grandson.  The ZeroBear emailed several messages this week: 


(#1, Sent a week ago) She had (great grandson) Samuel at 24 weeks, He will have been in UMC NeoNatal ICU unit for 4 weeks tomorrow. He currently has a brain bleed that won't stop and the fetal shunt from his heart to lungs has not yet closed, which causes low blood Oxygen. They continue to watch both of these problems carefully and say surgery may be required to correct them. They won't say when they will make that decision, but he has a neurosurgeon watching. The doctors and nurses are first rate, but he is a very sick little guy. He was 1 pound 8 ounces at birth, dropped to 1 pound 2 ounces and is back up to 2 pounds 1 ounce. Tiny, frail, weak. I spend most nights praying just about all night long. I think much too much when the house gets quiet. However, as the Angel Gabriel told Mary (Luke 1:37): "For with God nothing shall be impossible", so my prayers follow that assurance, but he will likely remain in the ICU unit until December or maybe January. Your prayers would be appreciated.

(#2) Our Granddaughter just sent us the following message about our Great Grandson who, as you know, is in the Intensive care unit at University Hospital in Jackson, MS: 

She texted: I’m at the point of not caring who knows of Samuel’s situation. He needs every prayer desperately. I got a call yesterday saying I needed to come to the hospital immediately because he wasn’t doing well. 
They changed his ventilator to a more critical care type and have him heavily sedated. They said his oxygen saturation levels had been drastically low and his blood pressure was very bad, but that they had given him some medication that seemed to help his blood pressure at least. His pressure had gotten to 48/18 and his oxygen saturation was in the 60s to 70s instead of 90s to 100 where they needed it.
I was told that they are running out of options to keep his oxygen levels up and basically we weren’t in a day to day situation with him but hour by hour.
I know God hasn’t left us, but I am in so much pain right now watching my son. I don’t know how to get through this.Please, Please, Please, pray for our great grandson, Samuel. I would not ask if this was not a critical situation.


(#3, sent yesterday) Samuel is a little better. They changed his sedative and his blood oxygen is up. His BP is no better, which confuses them because they are giving him BP medication to bring it up. They have said he is hour by hour. Obviously, I would rather it was day by day. This will be a long drawn out ICU stay. The next big deal is an abdominal problem that starts about this time. They know this and are looking for it so they can react quickly when it starts. My prayers have changed and I am now praying that he will simply be better tomorrow than he was today. God is good and He loves the little guy.




Posted by Kingfish at 8:51 AM

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Prayers sent. We got a lot of prayers for ours. It really helps.

October 3, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Anonymous said...

Lord, please be with Samuel, his loving parents and grandparents, his doctors and nurses at UMMC/Neo, as only You can. Please keep Samuel wrapped in Your blessings and give peace and comfort to his family. Please heal his little body and give him strength to fight through this. In Your name we pray, Amen.

To Samuel's family - keep the hope, your prayer warriors are out here!

October 3, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Anonymous said...

Sending our prayers, Chef Bear.

October 3, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Anonymous said...

Praying for Samuel and the family.

October 3, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Anonymous said...

Prayers!

October 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Anonymous said...

Prayers sent

October 3, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Anonymous said...

said prayer for all involved

October 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Anonymous said...

I can't say it better than 9:52.
Lord, please hear our prayers and help this tiny one.

October 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Anonymous said...

Samuel is in the best place he could be right now. UMMC NICU is amazing. Because of God and the fantastic NICU nurses and doctors I have my two premature children. Lots of prayers for your family and your precious son.

October 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Anonymous said...

God, please wrap your healing hands around Samuel’s little body.

October 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Anonymous said...

Praying for little Samuel and his family.

October 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Krusatyr said...

Dear God, please let this little bear develop healthfully to please You.

October 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM

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