The McMullan Quadruplets need of prayer

Psalm 112:6-8

"Surely he will never be shaken;

a righteous man will be remembered forever.

He will have no fear of bad news;

his heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord.

His heart is secure, he will have no fear;

in the end he will look in triumph on his foes."

So many of you have joined me in praying for the safe arrival of the four beautiful little babies belonging to my precious friend Jenny Kate McMullan and her husband Paul, and big sisters Mollie and Katherine.  These four darling little ones were born at 32 weeks gestation, a miracle in itself, on October 7th weighing between 2lb14oz and 3lb14oz.  Three little girls: Lucy Wilder, Elizabeth Pallie, and Charlotte Tindall and one extraordinarily manly little boy, William Duncan are in the NICU at Ochsner's in New Orleans where this family of eight lives.  While the babies have been doing well, and ups and downs are expected, Jenny Kate emailed me this morning with this request:

"Paul and I got a call from the NICU at 3am today because Duncan was having trouble maintaining his body temperature and his heart rate was dropping.  They stopped his feedings and put him on antibiotics, thinking he may have a bacterial infection.  This afternoon, the neonatology section head told us he suspects Duncan may have a viral upper respiratory infection instead.  He fears Lucy may be getting it as well.

We are extremely concerned and ask that you please please pray for these two babies especially.  Please pray that they will be able to get past whatever this episode in the night was.  Please pray that Duncan will not sustain any harm from the antibiotics.  Please pray for the doctors and nurses caring for him and Lucy, that they will have wisdom as they make decisions.  Please pray for Charlotte and Pallie, that they will continue to grow well and that they will not be affected if there is a virus at play.  Please pray for Paul and me, that we will be able to trust all four of these children to the Lord completely and to represent our faith in Jesus well.

From a medical standpoint, there is nothing to be done now except wait, and we don't know when there will be further information.  I will keep you updated as we learn more.

Thank you very much!!"

Jenny Kate

I will try to post of photo or two soon.  Thank you for your prayers for this lovely HUGE family!