PRAYER REQUEST AND UPDATE

If you could, please put Tommy Berg Jr. on your prayer list. His daddy, Tommy, Sr., is a salesman here in my office. This is their first baby and, as you will read, he has been diagnosed, pre-birth, with Dandy Walker syndrome which causes all kinds of other issues.Thanks, Debbie Willis

I wanted to write you all and let you know how Tommy Jr. is doing and to say thank you for all of your prayers. Friday we had 2 appointments the first appointment was with our high risk Dr. who checks on how Tommy is growing and keeps an eye on the Dandy Walker. We did the ultra sound and got some really good pictures of him. the Dr. had to run to the hospital so he couldn't talk to us after the ultra sound so they told us if he finds anything he will call us. Off to the next appointment this appointment was with the cardiologist if you remember from one of the emails I sent before we thought Tommy might have a hole in his heart. So the Dr. went through all of Tommy's chambers and gave the heart a really good look and there was no holes and he said he has a great heart. Man Holli and I are so happy finally some good news I was on top of the world. The day went on and Holli and I are both so happy our baby weighs 3.5 lbs and has a healthy heart. Well that didn't last long, just before the end of the day on Friday we get a call from the first Dr. he said that Tommy's head is growing to fast it is 3 weeks ahead of his body, and what this means is the fluid is building up and hydro seffiless is in the near future. Tommy's original due date is Feb. 4th but now it looks like we are going to have to get him out around Jan. 1 a little more than a month early. Most likely they are going to have to do another amnio on Holli to make sure Tommy's lungs are mature enough and that he will be able to breath when they get him out. After birth the plan is most likely going to be Tommy and I getting on a ambulance and heading for Atlanta to get the shunt put in his brain to release the pressure. Our recovery time is looking to be about a month in the hospital if everything goes right, so I will be commuting from the hospital. Sorry for such a grim email on such a wonderful week but I just wanted to let each of you know what's going on. Thank you all for all of your support I couldn't have better co-workers or friends to help us through. Please continue to pray for Tommy Jr. and Holli to keep them safe and healthy through all of this. Thanks again for everything.Tommy Berg, Sr.