The newest member of our class is here. Max arrived at 5:45 p.m. tonight. He was 7 lb, 10 oz and 21 inches long. David and Jennifer are exhausted after laboring all day, so please pray for rest tonight.
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27
May
08
Max Crews
08
Apr
08
Jennifer in the Hospital
I talked to David this afternoon and he let me know that Jennifer has been admitted to the hospital. She is at Covenant Lakeside in room 317. The lung doctor was too concerned with her condition and wants to be able to monitor her 24 hours per day. This week, her high risk OB, cardiologist, and lung doctor will be working together to figure out how to treat her. Apparently, pulmonary hypertension is pretty uncommon in pregnancy, so there is no precedent on how to treat someone in Jennifer’s condition.
In order to figure out just what is causing the hypertension (either a hole in her heart or blockage), doctors will be having to put her under to do an ultrasound of her heart from the inside.
Jenn’s mom is coming to help with Sam. Unless they find a treatment to help her heart rate go down, Jennifer will be in the hospital until Max gets here sometime in June, so we may need to organize food and/or childcare at some point. Right now they need our prayers.
06
Apr
08
Update from Jenn
Hi, I wanted to give everyone an update from our “day at the hospital”. We did get to see a cardiologist today. He said that I have pulmonary hypertension, which means that the pressure between my heart and lungs is too high. Normal is 30, and mine is measuring 60. He did say that levels of 80-100 are dangerous- so thank goodness I am not there! Basically, now we are running a lot of tests to see what is causing this. Today, we were in the process of trying to rule out a blood clot. They did a doppler on my legs, and everything looked fine. They also initially wanted me to have a CT scan, but due to the fact that they have to give me some medication through an IV to check for blood clots in the heart, the radiologist decided that due to my pregnancy, that we should rule out all other options before we do a CT scan. So, they opted to do a blood test that is less accurate, but can give them some data. I will also be seeing a lung specialist to check out my lungs. If all of this is inconclusive, I will be doing another echo-cardiogram in three weeks to re-test. I will also be wearing a heart monitor for the next 48 hours to monitor any paliptations etc.
Dr. told me to take it easy- but I dont have to do bed rest. I also see my OBGYN next week.
So, we don’t have a lot of answers, but we are encouraged by the fact that nothing is showing up so far. Please continue to pray for us!
Thanks so much!
Jenn Crews
03
Apr
08
Colton Bichard
Welcome baby boy!
03
Apr
08
Pray for Jennifer Crews
Please pray for me and David. We will be going back to a cardiologist tomorrow AM at 10:00. As some of you know, my heart rate has been really fast for about the past few weeks. They did an EKG and an echocardiogram today and the cardiologist (Dr. Smith at Covenant) who read the results wants to get me in tomorrow for some further testing and evaluation. I will let you all know when I have more information.
10
Mar
08
Andrew Brunson
Andrew Jayden Brunson was born on March 7th at 8:55 pm. He was about 8 lbs, 13 oz and 20 inches long.
24
Feb
08
Julie’s Baby Shower
We are having a shower for Julie Brunson Thursday night at the Dufilhos. It will start at 7 and just last a little while. It would be great for everyone to bring a snack to share with the group in addition to your gift – add a comment to let me know what you will bring.
Julie and Jeff are registered at Target and Babies R Us.
08
Dec
07
Christmas Party
We had so much fun tonight at the Christmas party. Joe and Paige’s house (and 10 Christmas trees) was beautiful and festive for the evening. For those of you who missed it (like the party at your law firm was more fun, Vicki) some of the best quotes from the evening included:
Missy to Phil (after he drew a good number for the gift exchange): You are so getting lucky tonight.
John to Missy (said upon trying to dance with her): None of that, we’re grindin’.
Missy: What’s grinding?
Matt C.: It is a kind of dance.
We also had a class sing-a-long to Sir Mix-A-Lot’s “Baby Got Back”, recycled gifts from last year’s gift exchange, a close-up look at an inappropriate gag gift, and a shirt that Matt C. can wear to church on Sunday. I can’t wait until next year!
13
Nov
07
Christmas Party Childcare
Our class Christmas party will be on Friday, December 7 from 6:30-10:30. The church is providing free childcare for the evening so that we can all be there. You need to sign up for childcare in class by Sunday, Dec. 2. If you won’t be in class before then because you’re out of town for Thanksgiving or serving in a different area of the church or for any reason at all, please either have someone from our class sign your children up or contact Erin Pirkle at erin@fbclubbock.org to let her know which children to expect.
I hope to see everyone at the party!
24
Oct
07
Food, Flowers, and Funeral
For those of you who have said that you would like to do something for John’s family, he suggested that we could bring food for the people who will be in town through the weekend. Quana said that she would get whatever we bring tomorrow at the funeral and make sure that it gets to the right places. If you are not planning on going to the service, but would still like to send food, you can get it to the Dufilho house and they will take it to Levelland.
Also, Missy ordered flowers from our class. If you would like to contribute, give money to her the next time you see her.
For those who are going to the service, some of us are going to meet at the Dufilhos tomorrow morning, shortly after 9. We can combine into fewer vehicles and caravan out to Levelland. Comment to this post if we should expect you to join us. Also, if you would like to go to the service, but do not have childcare, Stephanie Goforth has offered to watch any children that may need to be left behind. You can get her number off the contact page (remember the password is our teacher’s wife’s first name).
Thanks for being there for each other.
The Pirkle Class 