Pray for Preemie Kennedi Zahar

Kennedi Zahar was born at 24 weeks gestation at 1lb 10oz. She is now 34 weeks old and 5lb 1oz; she is still in the NICU in SC. It is about 1hr and 15min from where I live. I'm so proud of her because she is fighting this fight mostly without my presence, I can only afford to see her 2x a week. So please pray for her continued success and that she will be able to come home soon. About her name: The morning I gave birth to Kennedi I went online looking for names for her, because her dad and I had not decided on a middle name yet we only had Kennedi. I typed in baby girl names and instead of starting under the "A" like usual I started at "Z". There was the name Zahar it meant "small blessing" when I saw that I had to make that her name. Kennedi Zahar, for she is our "Small Blessing" Thank you for your prayers, Coffei Update: Kennedi has passed her car seat test and will be coming home soon! God is good. I have been in awe of Kennedi's mom this entire time as she has been driving back and forth to the hospital and only getting to spend a few days a week with her little girl. I am so happy she will have her home soon.

Baby Noah

Baby Noah is micro preemie born at 24 weeks. He continues his fight in a Texas NICU. He is up and down, good days and bad days, but he is a strong fighter! Please keep him in your preemie prayers as he grows and gets stronger.

Update: 4/16 Noah is getting stronger each day! He took his first bottle today as well. God bless him and his family as they continue their journey.

Baby Aara

Baby Aara was born unexpectedly at 24 weeks. She is in critical condition and needs all of the prayers we can offer her. Currently she has been in the NICU for over one month and is now being put back on an endotracheal tube. Here is a small piece of information from her mom, "She was put on the CPAP at 7 days old and then taken off because she was not handling it well. When that occurred she went up to 100% oxygen and NO was started on her. She worked her way back down to 33% oxygen over the next weeks and without any nitric oxide so they put her on CPAP again this afternoon and was off by late evening". 


I will add status updates from time to time. Please pray for this preemie fighting for her life!! 


2/17/11-UPDATE: Baby Aara is doing good she is now 2lbs!! Keep praying everyone this tiny baby girl is a fighter. Her mom has been happy about getting to put her in clothes. We are delivering her mom a NICU gift bag today so, I look forward to meeting her. Thank you all----whoever is out there praying please keep going. 


2/19-UPDATE: Please say extra prayers. I spoke with her mom tonight and she is not doing good at all. Aara has been having problems with her lungs. She is very critical please pray!

3/1-UPDATE: Aara is a fighter! She continues to have good days and bad days but is fighting hard thanks to a great NICU team and a very strong mom and dad. Please keep their miracle baby and entire family in your prayers as they continue on their journey.

3/3-UPDATE: I met with Aara's mom yesterday and she is continuing to grow and fight. She is now 2 lbs. 6 oz. She is still on the ventilator although yesterday was taken off of the high speed, which is a positive move. Her body continues to fight infection so her lungs are lagging in development. Please continue to pray for this little tiny miracle.

3/8-UPDATE: I received an email from Aara's mom today she is gaining weight and up to 2 lbs. 11 oz. They will be meeting with their Dr. soon for a status update possibly tomorrow. Lets keep praying for this little miracle baby!!

3/15-UPDATE: Aara is 3lbs!! She is growing like a champ and her mom has started Kangaroo Care. Prayers are working please keep them coming for this little girl and her family. I am attaching a new picture..

3/27-Aara is doing good. Growing more every day!! I am posting a new picture. Her eyes are smiling I love it! God is so powerful. Her mom did find out she has stage 2, zone 2 ROP so we need to pray for abnormal vessels to stop and eyes to heal.


4/4-Aara is 4lbs and on the CPAP again! Pray for her she is growing in all ways. Today was long for her as it was her first day to be switched over. She had to work a lot harder. God bless her!


4/17-Aara had another eye test for ROP and the tests came back negative. She has also been moved to the high speed Canulla and has been on it for 8 hrs now. This is such a great day for her! God is working so beautifully through this family and we pray he continues to make her stronger every day so we can celebrate her homecoming.

Her elephant from Preemie Prints keeping her company :)

Here is a picture of Aara... 

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