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Day 11 ICU I (Jean) just talked to the doc early this morning. He is very pleased with how she is doing and hopes to take her off oxygen (ventilator) Thursday AM and downgrade her status to High Care. However x-rays are showing that the right lung still needs to improve. She is now completely off sedation and the ventilator is on auto-pilot. Please continue to pray with us for a supernatural speedy recovery and total healing of her body!

Day 11 in ICU (part 2- Teisa)- We just got home from our evening visit and time of prayer with local pastors/friends/missionaries…His presence was amazing as we joined faith together for Gloria’s complete healing! We took communion together rejoicing in the manifest glory being poured out on us/Gloria thru the body and blood of Jesus. Pastor Surprise and Jean then went into Gloria’s ICU room to anoint her with oil and release more of the kingdom of heaven on earth. We are believing tomorrow will be her last day in ICU- pray with us!!!

Day 10 ICU- Another good day! They have had to increase the oxygen at times, but they have continued to decrease the pressure of the ventilator to prepare her for being off it soon…maybe tomorrow or Thursday! She was awake a lot today- it is so wonderful to see her precious blue eyes again. Her blood work looked great today, so pray with us that her red/white blood cell counts remain where they need to be! She also had more tests to see if the pneumonia is gone…

If you are local- please join us for a special prayer gathering at her Neo-Natal ICU at Medi-clinic at 7PM. Pastor Surprise is home from traveling, so we are excited to gather the local elders to pray over Gloria. Join us if you can!

We also covet your prayers for the divine provision for all the medical bills…whoooeeee…. they are adding up. We do not have medical insurance:( But we know God is faithful! Our ministry covering in America has set up a special account to help at this time….they hope to do a wire transfer of any support which comes in by Friday. Please feel free to email us for any additional information on this! teisamarie@yahoo.com

Today we heard the word my heart longed for “STABLE!” Yippee!!!! We are still contending for ‘completely healed,’ but we are quite happy to finally make this coveted milestone. Gloria is now on only 30% oxygen…Other miracles include her lungs getting better numbers each time they do this special test…they hope to take her off the ventilator on Wed or Thursday! Tonight/tomorrow they will be weening her off the sedation to she how she copes with things…so please pray for Jean and I too. It is very hard to see her awake struggling against the machines…

Thank you soooo much for everyone standing with us in prayer, love , and support. We have never felt so loved and shielded…please continue to lift up our sweet angel….she must be the most prayed for little gal in all of Nelspruit right now!

Day 8 in ICU- Urgent Prayer needed! The nurses just told us Gloria is also struggling with pneumonia which is resistant to the antibiotics which doctors have tried….We need to join our faith in declaring wholeness and healing over Gloria now because this attack is absolutely not resistant to Jesus! He is victorious over this sickness! Lets specifically pray for her left lung where this morning’s x-ray showed several mucus plugs…

Gloria is more awake and opening her eyes….Although this is a good thing, it is not easy to watch her struggle with all the machines….Honestly, it was easier when she was sleeping and at peace.

Leaving for the hospital now to hopefully talk to the weekend doctor (our doctor is off this weekend). Believing Dr. Jesus for a good report!!!

Glory!  One of our supporters sent our prayer update to local intercessors in Bellevue, Neb where a dear lady saw our PayPal issue and called her son who happens to work at Paypal….he was able to reactivate our account without any problems!  Yeah God!

Happy 1 month birthday to our glorious fighter- Gloria Grace!!!! Another decent night…she is coughing more which gives us some concern, so we need to keep up the strong prayer shield! Other things are improving though like her oxygen level is being lowered on the ventilator- yeah God! She is also being fed breast milk via a feeding tube in her stomach- another huge milestone of improvement. So we are seeing daily miracles–keep praying for more to come!

Gloria had another good night and day- two in a row!!!! Come on Jesus!!!

Mucus continues to be heavy, but it is thinner each day which is very good. Gloria had another blood transfusion today due to her low red blood cell count, so lets all pray that the only blood she needs anymore is the blood of JESUS!

Please pray for our MCV staff and kids. The amazing missionaries from New Zealand who came to assist with MCV during my maternity rest, the Marquets, – they are having symptoms for whopping cough. Ella is 4.5 months pregnant and they have a 1 year son….we also have two babies and two young girls coughing at MCV, so please pray divine healing for our entire SA family.

Gloria had her first good night and day! Although there continues to be massive amounts of mucus which has to be suctioned hourly, it is less infected and slightly thinner.

Doctors are still not willing to call her condition ‘stable’ but it is much improved. Everyone is in awe of her strength considering her heart and age (less than a month)! Lets keep agreeing for His glory to be poured out upon her life and body!

Day 4 in ICU- Gloria’s condition really deteriorated during the night and early morning. Even while on a ventilator, she stopped breathing…which is soooo crazy bad. Doctors were stumped but after an X-ray, they discovered one of her lungs was completed blocked up with mucus and unable to function. Therefore, they ordered a risky operation mid- morning. It was by far the hardest 40 minutes of our lives….Glory to Jesus, she pulled thru. Her lung is working again, but still has some blockage…therefore, she remains unstable and still really needs the supernatural healing break-thru!

Ohhh- I forgot to mention that tests came back- it is a confirmed case of whopping cough (pertussis). Since this is so dangerous/infectious, they have moved her into her own isolation room in the Neo-natal ICU. Mine and Johanna’s (Teisa) tests are not back yet, but we also need His healing power. Please also pray for our dear ones at MCV…Johanna was playing with all the kids for days before we knew anything, so there is a chance other children have been affected…we really need this attack to stop now in Jesus name! This mama can hardly stand fighting this battle for Gloria….fighting for more precious lives is absolutely not an option!