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Post by medic09 on Feb 5, 2010 11:51:22 GMT -5
Please Daven for tinoket bat Naomi Shifra, and Naomi Shifra bat Sarah Imeinu.
One of our hevra had an emergency C-section this AM. The baby is in DIC and will be going on ECMO. Mother is doing pretty well, as far as I know. Recovering from the surgery and worried senseless about her baby.
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Post by medic09 on Feb 7, 2010 1:39:48 GMT -5
Update: The baby's name is Esther bat Naomi Shifra.
She is on ECMO as of around 5 AM Shabbat morning.
Mother is fighting an infection and also received two units of blood products so far, along with running Abx. Tefillot for her would be appreciated for a few days as well. Naomi Shifra bat Sarah Imeinu.
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Post by mypprincess on Feb 7, 2010 2:06:04 GMT -5
Why Sarah Imeinu?
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Post by medic09 on Feb 7, 2010 9:48:52 GMT -5
The custom varies in different communities. The thinking is that it is to the person's great credit that they made such a great change for the sake of Torah, often at significant sacrifice and effort. So it is a way of emphasizing merit. |
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Post by Rivka P on Mar 19, 2010 15:16:28 GMT -5
how are they doing?
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Post by medic09 on Mar 19, 2010 17:12:32 GMT -5
 That was the toughest Shabbat of my life. But much tougher on the new parents. They called me to the hospital about midnight Friday night to consult if/how to remove the baby from life support. She actually improved slightly but barely, then Shabbat morning went on ECMO. It was hard to find the little baby Esther (she was named in another community on Shabbat for us) among all the machines and devices. I've never seen so many drips. Baby Esther died that Sunday afternoon. I brought her back to Santa Fe and buried her in the Orthodox section of graves. Hardest burial I've ever done. Just me, the father and his brother, and a cemetary worker who was very considerate. My wife and I are still haunted by it. I still keep seeing her as I looked at her the last time to clearly identify her before the burial. The only thing that was ever close to this impact were some of my friends from the army and yeshiva who we buried. The mother stayed in the hospital for the rest of the week with an infection, then came home that Shabbat. Emotionally they're coping really as well as one might. She had another infection which has just cleared up, but they made a nice Purim. They're working the balance between mourning and getting back to normal. They have a great little 18 month old who helps the process. 
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Post by Rivka P on Mar 21, 2010 0:39:51 GMT -5
oy I am sorry to hear it. This is the kind of thing that to me, is simply incomprehensible.
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Post by achot on Mar 21, 2010 12:45:00 GMT -5
May Hashem give you, Medic, and the family some sense of comfort and may the family be zocheh to build a bayit neeman beyisrael.
While nothing can replace Esther z"l, we are not allowed to wallow in our sorrows, and try to do mitzvot and chessed in Esther's memory. I will give tzedaka for her aliyat neshama.
I am sure it gave the family much comfort that you were there for them as much as possible.
Some say that the neshama had a tikun and that was all she needed, I am sorry that she had to suffer during her short life.
May you be able to share only good news from now on.
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