3 week count down

Well, Time is almost here! Elijah Christian Wright will be born on February 9th,2010.
After meeting with the neonatal team and doctor Ross again today we feel like this is the best thing for Elijah. We have prayed fervently that God would order our steps and He has proven over and over again that he has indeed gone before us. Dr. Mesa was wonderful and I believe God gave him the exact words I needed to hear this morning. We are taking Elijah out 3 weeks early because of the low fluid factor. They are concerned for his cord getting pinched as he continues to grow in such a confined space. If his lungs have developed to be the right size, the aerola can certainly develop on a ventilator. We will also be meeting in the next week with the urologist at Children's as well.
In the natural, the odds are stacked highly against Elijah's survival, but we operate in the supernatural where we know that "Elijah is more than a conqueror"(Romans 8:37) and that "God will perfect that which concerns Elijah and he will not forsake the works of His own hands." (Psalm 138:8)We are fully believing that God has breathed the breath of Life into Elijah's lungs and that His living water has sustained him in the womb. We claim that "God has given His angels charge over Elijah and that they are holding him up so that he won't even hurt his foot on a stone." (Psalm 91)
Thank you all so much for praying us through this. Please keep it up! Please pray for wisdom for the doctors and nurses, pray "no weapon formed against Elijah will prosper in Jesus' name, and nothing shall harm him by any means,"pray that God will continue to heal his chromosomes,bladder,kidney's and urethra and that his lungs will fully develop. You guys have been amazing support for us and we are truly greatful. May God richly bless you for the time you have invested in praying for Elijah and our family.
Much Love-Kelli

Udpate from December 22nd Doctor's appointment

I hope all of you had a very Merry Christmas! Christmas is always meaningful for me, but this year it seemed like the Christmas Story jumped off the pages of the Bible and Straight into my heart. I think sometimes, especially here in the south, when we celebrate Christmas, we know what the real meaning is, but sometimes it almost becomes just a "story" we read. We give it about five minutes before we rip into all the gifts He so blessed us with. I was moved to tears this year everytime I thought about how important that little baby in the manger really was. He was our salvation,hope,life,freedom,our health and so much more. He came so that we could have life abundantly and to have victory over the enemy who comes to steal, kill and destroy. He could have let us suffer and die, but He loved us so much that God became a man, and died for us so that we could have unlimited access to the throne of grace. He became human flesh and felt the same heartaches,temptations,family troubles,and as my pastor so eliquently reminded us, he even felt the pain of marriage trouble. The bible says we are his bride and he knows what it's like to be betrayed by a spouse. His bride cheats on Him everyday. WOW. Don't wait another day to let Him be your best friend. He wants a real realtionship with you. Jesus has given me such a tremendous peace as we walk through all of this with Elijah. I don't know how I would live life without Him. Being able to feel close to him and hear His voice, to feel his real arms wrapped around me in love is such a beautful thing. One night when I couldn't shut my mind off I literally told the Holy Spirit I needed Him to give me peace and put me to sleep. No kidding, I pictured a HUGE white wing covering me up like a blanket and the Lord saying "Under my wings shall you abide" (It's from Psalm 91-If you haven not ever read it please do!)and I fell straight to sleep.
On December 22nd we went back to the Doctor and were so amazed at God's goodness. The ultrasound showed Elijah had a completely normal heartrate and had moved from the breech posision to oblique, meaning he is sitting diaganaly. Dr. Ross came in and said he was "shocked, in a good way." He said it told him Elijah was a fighter. He even had fluid in his bladder, meaning that he was getting it somewhere even though they can't see any to measure. He is moving great. On Christmas Eve, he even had the hiccups twice! I found this about it online..It is believed that the baby breathes in amniotic fluid or drinks it. When this happens and the amniotic fluid enters and exists the baby's lungs then the diaphragm contracts and hiccups results.
We are still believing that Elijah will be healed of all sickness and disease by the precious blood of Jesus. Please continue to pray that "He who began a good work in Elijah will be faithful to complete it." It's hard to believe that we only have about 9 more weeks left until he is full term, which is a miracle in itself.
Blessings to all of you and thank to for believing with us!

December Update on Elijah

I have not updated in a while! We went 4 weeks without going to the doctor which was really nice for a change. We did go on December 11th but I just wasn't sure of the best way to post the news. First we did the blood sugar test.I have always past it with flying colors and I failed it. BOO... I don't really know what that means yet, we are still waiting on the results from the 3 viles of blood they had to take!! As far as the ultrasound goes... Believe it or not, I was not surprised one bit by what I saw. God had revealed to me the week prior while I was taking communion that I would see a normal size bladder and kidneys. And sure enough, to the surprise of everyone in the room, that is what we saw. However, doctors have to do their job and explain their medical opinion of why they were normal. Dr. Ross if you are reading this, you know I really love you and I appreciate EVERYTHING you have done for me. I know you have to do your job! :-) He told us that his heart rate was a little lower than it should be, and that his kindey's and bladder have just begun to totally shut down. He said Elijah only had two to three weeks to live. Normally my heart would have sunk but I had a total peace about it all. I left there rebuking the bad reports and saying that no man shall ordain my Elijah's days. Only God is the giver of life and all of Elijah's days are numbered in God's book. I also began praising God that those were new kidneys and a new bladder and that "He who began a good work in me will be faithful to complete it." I feel a little vulnerable telling you all this but I know that my God is so much bigger than any doctors words. Faith is believing that what we hope for will actually happen! Romans 3:4 " Let God be true and every man be a liar."
I am still claiming healing for Elijah. If God can speak the whole world into existance by his very words then he can surely do such a small thing. Psalm 107:20 is another verse that I am speaking over Him. "For I have sent my words and they have healed them and rescued them from the grave" Praise God that we can trust God's word. It will never return void and God cannot lie. Thank you all for continuing to believe with us!
As we all enter into such a special time of year, I hope we all remember the reason for the season. "John 10:10- "The enemy has come to steal, KILL and destroy but I have come so that you may have life and have it abundantly!" Merry Christmas Everyone!

God answers prayers!

I have not posted anything in while because there just has not been much to report. BUT today we went to the doctor for another ultrasound and in a two week time span God has moved my placenta away from my cervix and placed it exactly where He intended it to be. This is HUGE news because we no longer have to worry about the placenta growing into my scar tissue, pre term labor problems, blood transfusions,bleeding,hysterectomy or having to deliver a month early. God is SO good! We know that God is our Jehohvah Rapha and we know that He still heals. Please continue to cover Elijah with the blood of Jesus and lift him up to the throne. We know that NOTHING is impossible with God.
Much Love,
Kelli

how He loves us

God is always speaking to us with a still small voice. Sometimes when you need it the most and you are begging for His infinite wisdom its louder and more audible. If we will just sit still and listen we will hear it. The world labels it a "conscience" but really it's the Holy Spirit.
God reminded me this morning, that I am hearing Him even though Satan has placed many doubts in my head that I am not. When I had some moments of doubt, He made me recall the voice that told me not to Stint or Shunt Elijah. Dr. G wanted to stint at first but then decided he wanted us to wait until we got to Cincy. I was so worried about Elijah's bladder. I just thought it might be best to go ahead and let him do it. Dr.G said that he understood my concern and agreed that something could happen to Elijah between the time and said he would Shunt if I wanted him to.
I can't help but think of what would have happened if I had not obeyed and let him go ahead and shunt. Dr. G had no idea that the uterine wall was separated and it could have been deadly for both of us. This only showed up on the MRI in Ohio. God's hand of protection has always been on us and will continue to be for the rest of our lives as long as we abide in Him and make Him our refuge. Oh, how HE loves us! Just thought someone may need to hear that. I also wanted to leave you with this great song and video that is an awesome picture of just how much God really does love us. I hope you will watch it. Much Love-Kelli

Praying for our Ram

I guess today, I feel so much like Abraham did so long ago. How heart wrenching it had to have been to load up his fire wood and flint and walk 50-60 miles to Mount Moriah with such a heavy heart knowing what he was going to have to do. God had told him to sacrifice his own son Issac. Abraham proved that his love for God was even greater than the enormous love that he had for his only son whom he had prayed for for so long.

We arrived home late last night with Elijah in God's hands, right where he has always been. The doctors can do nothing for him. The separation in the lining of my uterus and the placenta previa has eliminated all options for them. The previa prevented them from doing the surgeries and the separation in the lining prevented them from shunting because of such a high risk of a pulmonary embolism for me. So they sent us home and told us to try and have as much of a normal pregnancy as possible until the time came for Elijah to be here. Any sign of bleeding or contractions would cause them to have to take the baby and do a complete hysterectomy. The doctors have given Elijah minutes to an hour to live after birth depending on when he is born. With nothing being able to be done they say he will have no lungs because there is no amniotic fluid from the blockage. They say he already has fatal kidney damage and his bladder is permanently nonfunctional.

I am reminded daily that we walk by faith and not by sight. I know that God loves me and is crying tears with me because this is not what he intended our lives to be like. I know this grieves His heart as much as it does mine. I will continue to focus my eyes on Jesus and not the circumstances. I know that this did not come from heaven because there is no sickness in heaven and God is a perfect God. I know this comes from a real enemy who is out to kill, steal and destroy my family and all those around us who love us. I refuse to let doubt, bitterness and anger enter my heart because I know that no matter what, Elijah will forever be my son.
I would like to have the attitude of Paul. He suffered so much for the cause of Christ. God never promised that this life would be perfect or easy. Paul said,
" To live is Christ and to die is gain." He didn't care if someone was about to cut off his head! He had the attitude of "Go ahead! I don't know which to choose!! Because if I live, I get to tell people about the love and saving grace of Jesus but if I die, I get to go where I want to be anyway!" Wow. My two friends Paula and Brooke reminded me yesterday that this is really Elijah's starting point. If he lives and God chooses to provide us with our "Ram"- a supernatural miracle, then what an incredible ministry he will have, already declaring the works of the Lord. But if he dies, he still LIVES! Because he will never have to live on an earth full of sickness, disease and all kinds of evil but will be able to live with his creator for eternity. And because my family has a personal friendship with Jesus, and accepted what Christ did for us on the cross, we will all be able to give Elijah a huge hug when we get there and hang with him on earth for 1000 years! What hope we have in Jesus.
I want you all to know that I am not giving up on this baby! Just as Abraham had the faith that God would provide a Ram and spare his son, I also have faith that God can provide a miracle for Elijah. He is still in the miracle business! I have seen them first hand all around me. And I will continue to pray that by the beatings Jesus took for us on His back, Elijah is healed in Jesus name. I would like to ask all of you to pray Psalm 91 for Elijah. Thank you all for your prayers and support and I thank God for all of you.

Update from Ohio

This is Kristi, Kelli's sister. I wanted to give everyone an update about what went on today!
Kelli and Les are now out of their meeting with the doctors.
They found out that baby Elijah now has a separated uterine wall, which was most likely due to the bladder tap done here. This will make it difficult for them to insert a shunt into his bladder if it does not heal quickly.
They have also found that Kelli now has what is called Complete Placenta Previa:If you have placenta previa, it means that your placenta is lying unusually low in your uterus, next to or covering your cervix.
Because of this, the option for surgery is off the table, because it would be too dangerous for Kelli.
They have also found an extra fissure on baby Elijah's heart, but it doesn't seem to be an immediate concern for the doctors.
They could not locate Elijah's colon today either because of his enlarged bladder.

Kelli, Les and Baby Elijah have to stay in Cincinnati for another day of testing. She has to go through another MRI (which was the hardest test on Kelli), and perform another bladder tap and ultrasound. After that, they will have another meeting with the doctors to discuss their options.
Kelli asks that we continue to pray for complete healing for baby Elijah! We know that God was not surprised by the news that they received today, and that he is in full control! We wish that we could see the future, but we must trust that the Lord has a plan for this baby!!
Kelli also asks that we pray that her Placenta Previa is healed and that Elijah's separated unterine wall is healed so that he can receive these shunts!
Thank you so much for your prayers! I know that Kelli, Les, and Elijah can feel the Love of God on them at all times!
I will continue to keep you updated as I hear more.