My sister, Kimberly, delivered her baby girl, Ava Grace, yesterday at 3:14pm. She was 4 weeks early. She weighs 4 lbs. 6 oz., and is 18.5 in. long!
*Update* I've added a few pictures of Ava at Kimberly's blog.
Kimberly went in for a routine doctor's appointment on Thursday and Ava's heartrate had dropped dramatically, so the doctor said they would induce her the next morning after giving her a little Pitocin all night to soften things up. They were quite shocked to be having a baby so soon, and Kimberly kept saying to me, "My house is a mess and we don't even have a car seat in the car!"
Ava is in the NICU, mostly because she is so small and also for some respiratory problems. The sacs in her lungs are not opening properly, so they are giving her a medication to help with that.
Please pray that her lungs will heal completely, she will be able to hold fluids to gain weight, and for Kimberly and Kurt as they deal with having a baby in NICU. Kurt's grandmother passed away one week before Ava was born, so this has been a very hard, emotional week for their whole family.
I will update as soon as I know anything else. Thank you all for praying, and thank you, Kerri, for commenting on here and letting everyone know to pray for Kimberly and Ava.
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