Eleven days ago baby Cora entered this world. Her birth was traumatic and she ended up spending five days in the NICU. After she was born my husband and I knew the situation was more than we could handle on our own. We struggled with not wanting to alarm people about Cora’s condition, but at the same time we knew we wanted as many people praying for our little girl as possible.
My friend Joy put up a post on my blog. My mother emailed her church back home. Our bible study leader sent out an email to our church here, and our old church in West Virginia was notified as well. My sister-in-law told her bible study, and our daughter sent out a message via my twitter account.
Within hours, hundreds if not thousands of people were praying for our little Cora. Here are some of the tweets from her “birth” day.
HappyHousewife:
Need prayer for baby Cora. Having hard time breathing. In NICU. From The Happy Housewife’s daughter.
mom2giqm:
RT @HappyHousewife Need prayer for baby Cora. Having hard time breathing. In NICU. From The Happy Housewife’s daughter. (We’re praying!)
rebelmomma:
Please everyone stop & say a prayer for @HappyHousewife & baby Cora who is in NICU & needs our prayers. Never met them but pray 4 them plz.
joellem:
@HappyHousewife Praying for you all! We prayed for you at the ministry where I work at our morning worship.
RobinPreg:
@HappyHousewife Prayers for Cora and fam! Don’t forget to get a good breastpump & pump for Cora. Ask an LC for help. *hugs* to you all. #fb
Luvdamall:
RT @HappyHousewife Need prayer for baby Cora. Having hard time breathing. In NICU. From The Happy Housewifes daughter.
fivejs:
RT @HappyHousewife: Need prayer for baby Cora. Having hard time breathing. In NICU. From The Happy Housewife’s daughter.
HappyHousewife:
Thanks to everyone who RT’d and prayed for Toni and Cora. They’re both looking a lot better. Cora is still in NICU…
Most of the people who read my blog and my tweets have never met me in person. They only know me from what I write and allow published on this blog. The fact that so many people, especially those who don’t know me, were willing to take even a few moments out of their day to pray for our baby overwhelmed my husband and I. During my entire (and long!) hospital stay I was continually amazed at those who emailed, left comments, twittered, left messages on my
facebook page, and called me to let me know they were praying.
Each time we would call or visit the NICU and receive more good news regarding Cora, I couldn’t help but think of everyone who was praying for her.
We are so thankful for everyone who has prayed for our family over the last few weeks. Even though our time in the hospital was difficult, your prayers sustained us. And for that I am truly grateful.
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