向蘋兒說抱歉

為了遵循醫囑，我今天只有下午去看蘋兒一次，而且沒有碰她、離她也沒有之前那麼近，但她還是好漂亮、好可愛、好平安。^_^

無限迴圈中的恩典

蘋兒今天的血氧濃度從上午的95~97%，降到下午的89~90%，再降到晚上的86~88%。詢問之後才知道，因為醫療團隊看蘋兒的血氧濃度有進步，因此有漸漸調低呼吸器的供氧量，讓她自己的心肺有能力逐步提昇到安全血氧濃度區間。

I have to praise almighty God, or there is no way out!

My dear friends, I would like to share what has happened to us and our baby girl. 

Last night, after returning to the confinement center , we made a prayer of praise and thanksgiving . Thank God for giving us more time to get along with our beloved baby girl-Ping , we even praised God because He did something regarded difficult by doctors! 

Ping was born few days ago. But what has happened to her is much more complicated than usual babies. She had CPR and even an emergent surgery of the extracorporeal membrane oxygen (ECMO) right after birth. So far, we haven’t heard her cry because her heart and lungs don’t work well like other usual babies.  The doctor told us that her chance to survive is not certain. Usually, the patients using ECMO have only one problem organ, heart or lungs. However, Ping has problems with both. It’s an extremely critical time! 

The day before yesterday my wife and I witnessed while the extracorporeal membrane oxygen (ECMO) supply on Ping was reduced , Ping's oxygen concentration in her blood was down to about 50 to 60% ( quite dangerous zone ) . Last morning the medical team was also very careful to explain that I might need to be “ready" because it’s likely Ping may not survive the ECMO removal surgery. "The result of removing ECMO depends on God's will”,  said the medical team. Besides, I was told to complete the residence registration as soon as possible for lots of processes afterwards. .

And last late night, after the ECMO removed , Ping’s blood oxygen concentration could also be maintained around 89 to 90%. Although it’s lower than 99 to 100%, the usual level of ordinary newborns, it’s  still in the safe range. Right after I knew this, the first thought in my mind was : Only God can do this! So I wrote this article for I have to share it! And I also praise almighty God !

如果我不把這一篇寫出來，我會爆炸的！

回到月子中心後，我們作了讚美和感謝的禱告。感謝神再多給我們和蘋兒相處的時光，更讚美神行那醫生眼中看為困難的事情！

昨天我跟媽馬親眼見到葉克膜的供氧量降低後，蘋兒的血氧降到50~60%左右（挺危險的區間）。今天上午醫療團隊也很慎重地交代我要為「蘋兒可能撐不下去」作準備，因為移除葉克膜後就要看上帝的心意了（醫療團隊也這麼說），並提醒我盡可能早日報好戶口，因為後面還有很多流程要走。

而今天移除葉克膜後，蘋兒的血氧濃度還可以維持89~90%，雖然和一般新生兒的99~100%有一段距離，卻仍在安全區間內。我知道後的第一個念頭就是：「只有神能行這事！」，所以我要寫出來、我要說出來！我要大大讚美神！