Prayers and Positive Thoughts, Please

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I was invited to my friend Leila’s baby shower this coming Saturday. She was due the first week of September, and so excited to be having a baby with the love of her life. This morning, Shani texted me and asked to call when I could, that it was about Leila. I assumed that Leila had had the baby a bit early, and that the baby shower had either been cancelled or postponed. Apparently, last night Leila was in excruciating pain, and it was concentrated in her abdomen. She was rushed to the hospital, and for reasons yet unknown to Shani and me, they delivered the baby via cesarean. We don’t know what the complication was, what was causing the pain, nothing aside from that he was born via c-section. Then during the surgery, Leila started convulsing. She had been awake, talking and chatting with her husband and the doctors, and then she was suddenly unconscious, and has not regained consciousness since. She’s on life support, and the doctors suspect a brain aneurism. As of now, they haven’t proclaimed her brain dead, but they haven’t been able to get any brain activity from her. I imagine they’ll continue to run tests until they can confirm the cause of all of this. I’m in shock. What should have been the happiest day of her life turned into a nightmare for her and her family. Even if a miracle occurs and she recovers, it’s incredibly unlikely that she’ll be anything close to what she was. She’s only 28 years old. She and her husband just celebrated their 1 year anniversary last Thursday, her 28th birthday. I just spoke to her a few weeks ago, and she was so happy, so vital, and excited to be having a baby. She was even planning a home birth. I feel so helpless. I’m going with Shani this evening to see her. We won’t get to see the baby, because he’s still in the NICU. He’s fine, as far as we know, just a little bit too early. Shani and I, since we’re both breastfeeding, are planning to pump for the baby as much as we can. She’ll probably be able to get more than I; she has quite a hefty milk supply and I don’t. I make enough for Emma plus a little extra to pump. I’m upping my Fenugreek intake, as well as eating oatmeal, and anything I can pump will go to the baby.

Please keep the family in your thoughts and prayers. Especially Sky, Leila’s husband. He’s going to have so much to deal with over the coming weeks and months.

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