Power of Prayer

For those of you who are prayer warriors, the next few days may be very crucial.
William did start out strong, but because he's so little, he's gotten pretty tired by now and needs a lot more extra support from his breathing machines and drugs. This morning, he had a pretty rough day apparently.
We've been having to keep upping his blood pressure medicine, and today we had to start him on a more powerful steroid to replace the hydrocortisone to try and reduce the inflammation in his lungs. This is to help him reach the oxygen saturation in his blood that he needs to survive. There's a host of other risks with this drug, and he's getting the minimal amount for the shortest possible period where it may be effective. So while that is scary, it's also somewhat a matter of survival or not.
So far he seems to be doing well with it. We'll probably have a better idea tomorrow, too. Since he's been on pure oxygen for over a day, it's important that we wean him off of it, because that much oxygen can be toxic, so hopefully we'll be able to start weaning him off of it slowly tonight.

Facing that William is in more of a critical condition today than he was a few days ago is really hard. I don't really know what other details to go into just yet, because we don't really know for sure how the drug may otherwise affect his body. It could slow his growth. It could cause brain damage. But this is also what he needs to survive right now. And all I can hope is that his feedings can increase and that he will get what he needs to overcome this rough patch. Pray, pray, pray. Cry out.
I was reminded today that God's power lives within each of us, so I'd like to think that harnessing that power could accomplish another miracle.