Kayden Charles Elliott

PRAYER REQUESTS FOR THE PRAYER WARRIORS!!!

My sister had a beautiful baby boy 19 days ago, 6lbs 9oz little champ named Kayden Elliott, he is her 2nd child and joined an adorable 3 year old sister Karlee.

Last night my sister had to take him to Cardinal Glennon Hospital in St. Louis, what we thought was a heart murmur, turns out to be now as VSD. Ventricular Septal Defect. A ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a heart malformation present at birth. Any condition that is present at birth can also be termed a "congenital" condition. A VSD, therefore, is a type of congenital heart disease (CHD). The heart with a VSD has a hole in the wall (the septum) between its two lower chambers (the ventricles).

Right now the doctors have decided not to do surgery but to let the medication work through IV’s to try to close this hole in his heart. If his heart does fail then surgery will be an immediate need. But if the medication does work they will still be looking at surgery, just later down the road 5-6 months from now. It’s easier to operate on a bigger healthy baby I’m sure than a 19 day old baby. I still do not have all the details but I do know that they will be in hospital for the next week so would you please keep them in your thoughts and prayers. We want a full recovery and a healthy baby boy to return home. They have to be in the hospital for a week for him to be watched closely as this medicines trys to take effect for his heart to remain working and not to fail.

Please think of my sister and my family when you pray and have quiet times this week. God is good and faithful. This will be a time of stretching for me and my family but through it God may have the glory. In every instance there is always good that comes out of bad.

"Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus (which was for our victory), that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh."2 Corinthians 4:10-11

Isaiah 40:31 "But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary, and they shall walk and not faint."

"Therefore I say to you whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them."Mark 11:24

Thank you to everyone for your prayers I will keep you posted as changes are made.