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On May 4, 2009, Josh and I discovered that our soon to be little girl, due on August 25th, would be born with a CHD known as HLHS (hypo-plastic left heart syndrome). Upon hearing "something is wrong with your baby's heart" our lives changed completely. Our little Ruth Elizabeth was brought into this world on August 18, 2009. She was delivered via c-section and rushed immediately from Barnes to Childrens' Hospital for a cardiac cath intervention. Her arial septum was reopened and a week later, Ruthie underwent her first open heart surgery, the Norwood. Unfortunately, Ruthie was not able to survive on her Norwood heart and the Glenn procedure would not work for her. Ruthie was placed on the heart transplant list Feb.3, 2010. After waiting in SLCH, Ruthie received a new heart on July 5, 2010. We are so humbly blessed to receive this gift of life. We now are on the road to recovery. We have had our ups and downs. We have become SLCH regulars due to countless hospital stays and ER visits. We are learning how to manage life outside of SLCH and with another little girl. Now that we have two children, we are learning the about being a heart FAMILY.

Monday, July 5, 2010

Amen. Amen I say to you!

At 2:32am on July 5, 2010 we received the call. Ruthie has a new heart on the way. We should be in the OR at 8 am!
Please, please pray for the soul of the donor and for the donors family! We are so grateful that they chose to give the gift of life. We pray that God will continue to give them peace and strength.
Please pray for Ruthie during the next 24 hours as she gets the chance of new life!

Amen!
Thank you for the constant prayers!
God is good!

Hugs!
The Yarbroughs
Heart Hugs from on

4 comments:

  1. ShannonJuly 5, 2010 at 11:19 AM

    Oh, Laura!

    Praying Ruthie's new heart is an absolute perfect match and that her surgery and recovery are smooth and uneventful. We'll definitely be praying for the donor family too. What an incredible gift they've given in their darkest hour.

    We'll be anxiously awaiting an update on sweet Ruthie! Lots and lots of heart hugs and prayers!!

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  2. KathyJuly 5, 2010 at 8:19 PM

    Thank God! We have followed Ruthie's story for some time, and I can't tell you just how often we thought of Ruthie and her sweet parents. We will be sending up prayers for beautiful Ruthie, her faithful parents, her skillful medical team, and her angel donor!
    Kathy Wimberly
    www.lilwim.blogspot.com

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  3. The Smith'sJuly 6, 2010 at 9:53 AM

    A loud Amen from the Smith's!!! We are praying with you today ...

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  4. MaryJuly 6, 2010 at 2:32 PM

    I am so very happy for you both and for Ruthie, praying all goes well and Ruthie will be home with her mommy and daddy soon where she belongs. I too have been following her story, I am Jacob Bakers Grandma and know how difficult watching a sweet baby go thru all these procedures and operations are ...Love and prayers to your family......<3 Hugs Mary Doe

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