Need toughts, prayers, etc.
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2019 12:36 pm
I finally have a moment to get on here and let you all know what's been going on. A week ago my son and pregnant daughter-in-law went in for a routine ultrasound to check how their baby was doing. Through a series of doctor meetings and getting transferred to a more specialized hospital, they found out that their son has a rare genetic disorder, Hydrops Fetalis. Needless to say, this has been devastating news for our family. With this disorder, there is only a 20% chance he will even make it to delivery and a 50/50 chance of living up to a few weeks if he does make it.
My daughter-in-law was told that she will not be able to leave the hospital until, as one doctor told her, the baby is outside her one way or the other. My son, being the awesome husband he is, has refused to leave his wife's side during this. He was able to get FMLA for his time off but, unfortunately, it's unpaid and he hasn't been there long enough to have any significant vacation stored up.
My wife and I decided to watch their other kids until Mom and Dad can come home. They are a one-year-old boy and a three-year-old autistic girl. To try to put this into perspective, our youngest child is 21 years old. WE ARE EXHAUSTED! Needless to say, I haven't had the time nor the energy to be able to play OOTP and thank my lucky stars they've napped this long so I can post this.
I don't know if this is allowed or not but we started a GoFundMe page for them. If you are able to help, we appreciate it. If all you can do is share the page and/or pray for them, we appreciate that too. This is the link to the page:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/ezekiels-fig ... are-sheet
Thanks for reading this and hopefully I'll be able to come back soon and drive Baghdad even farther into the ground!
Greg Herren
My daughter-in-law was told that she will not be able to leave the hospital until, as one doctor told her, the baby is outside her one way or the other. My son, being the awesome husband he is, has refused to leave his wife's side during this. He was able to get FMLA for his time off but, unfortunately, it's unpaid and he hasn't been there long enough to have any significant vacation stored up.
My wife and I decided to watch their other kids until Mom and Dad can come home. They are a one-year-old boy and a three-year-old autistic girl. To try to put this into perspective, our youngest child is 21 years old. WE ARE EXHAUSTED! Needless to say, I haven't had the time nor the energy to be able to play OOTP and thank my lucky stars they've napped this long so I can post this.
I don't know if this is allowed or not but we started a GoFundMe page for them. If you are able to help, we appreciate it. If all you can do is share the page and/or pray for them, we appreciate that too. This is the link to the page:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/ezekiels-fig ... are-sheet
Thanks for reading this and hopefully I'll be able to come back soon and drive Baghdad even farther into the ground!
Greg Herren