This is the blog for Gavin and Carrie Jones and family. We live in Papua New Guinea and are working to see lives transformed by the living Word of God through Bible translation. Gavin is a helicopter pilot. Carrie, who has her degree in Public Health, works in the lab at our busy rural clinic. Our son, Isaac, was born in 2004 and our quintuplets, Will, David, Marcie, Seth, and Grace, were born in 2012.

Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. The you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man. Trust in the Lord with all you heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight. -Proverbs 3:3-6

Saturday, August 11, 2012

Saturday morning report

We got a decent night's sleep last night, but Carrie was up quite a bit and is still quite tired.  I just went over to see the babies and things are still pretty stable overall.  They have not lost as much weight as is normally expected in the first few days.  Grace is actually still at her birth weight-- a good thing, since she was the smallest.

Last night they were trying to get a central PIC line (a longer term IV) into Marcie, but were unable to do it successfully.  They may try to do it again on the other side today, so we pray they will have success with that.

Also, today's big concern for Seth and Grace (not unexpected) is patent ductus arteriosis, which is a heart condition preemies get sometimes when a shunt artery does not close off.  If it does not close, the pulmonary artery gets too much blood from the aortal artery side and it can lead to pulmonary edema (fluid on the lungs).   They will be doing sonograms on them to check for the condition and then likely start them on some medication to help close the shunt artery.  If three rounds of the medication (over a few days) does not take care of it, the worst case scenario is that they need to be closed surgically.  The doctor said it is a 15 minute procedure, but still obviously serious surgery.  We hope and pray that they will not need the surgery and the medicine does its job.

Here are a few more pictures from delivery day.






10 comments:

  1. Continuing to pray specific ways now!!!! Thanks for the update and pictures! You look great Carrie!!!!! Jessica Rising

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  2. Awwww...... Neal and Jane!!! So nice to see their faces!! Bet they are just BEAMING!! PRaying for you and the babies!! Brings back so many memories of the years I worked in NICU. Know the many ups and downs will come and are NORMAL!! Hugs!!

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  3. PS - The babies were born on my father-in-law's birthday!!! Kinda cool!!! I was so absorbed following Quintuplet news that I forgot to call him on the 9th!!!

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  4. Our son Matthew was born full term but had major health complications from the delivery. He had the same condition (PDA) as Seth and Grace but the condition was resolved without surgery. He's now a healthy 3 year old! He had many other issues at birth but has no residual effects. Praying for you guys!

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  5. your all awesome. I will be praying and will put it on the prayer guide tomorrow. You too, Neal and Jane.
    Judith

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  6. Prayers continuing!!

    Celeste (AMOM)

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  7. Carrie, you have the best parents ever!! Sandi Holzwarth

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  8. Heard about your quintuplets on Fox news. Praying for you all, God is gracious. :)

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  9. Awwwww so precious and absolutely perfect keep them and y'all in my prayers

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  10. Awwwww so precious and absolutely perfect keep them and y'all in my prayers

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