The team of doctors met with Laura and Jon tonight and prepared them that the next step is most likely going to be a heart transplant.
The decision will be made some time in the next 12-96 hours. The bottom left side of Lindsay's heart is not functioning properly and they are calling the episode on Tuesday cardiac arrest.
In one sense Lindsay may tell them what the next step will or will not be depending on how she responds. She is on a priority list for a heart which means it could be anywhere from 24 hours to six months. The family and team would be making the decision to proceed if this would be a viable outcome for Lindsay. This is a very difficult time for everyone. For the past 48 hours the verse that Lord has been giving me is from Psalm 61:2 "From the end of the earth I call to YOU when my heart is faint; lead me to the Rock that is higher than I.
Please pray specifically that the Lord will give all the family peace and a good night of rest tonight.
Pray for wisdom for the doctors and personnel that need to make the decisions.
I have been praying that if God would heal Lindsay to the amazement of the doctors, nurses and others who have attending her and observing this situation. Ultimately our pray is for GOD'S WILL for Lindsay Bear. She belongs to Him.
Your notes are an encouragement, so please ... keep 'em coming.
26 comments:
To my Lindsay Bear:
Even though right now many miles seperate us, Zach and Pop-pop are right there with you, Mom, Dad, Tanner, Granny and Grandma and Grandpa.
The past few nights I have walked the halls of CICU in my mind, and have moved to your cubicle with Nurse Heather attending to you.
One of the memories that I will always cherish was the night I got to spend with you. You may never have known I was there, but it was one of the most special moments of my life.
You are constantly in my prayers and on my heart and mind. How I have wanted to call and have Mom put the phone to your ear so I could TRY to sing, "I love you, a bushel and a peck, and a barrel and heap and a talking in my sleep about you." I love you, Lindsay Bear, and Uncle Zach does too.
Pop Welte and Zach
Praying for precous Lindsay, for peace for Laura & Jon and the whole Welte family
You are loved esp. by our Heavenly Father.
Miriam
Laura & Family
Small world isn't it, we will keep you and your family in our prayers!
Bonnie
Words can not express what I feel as I read this update. But I know a miracle can still happen. Eva keeps telling me, "but Lindsay is such a GOOD friend, she holds my hand and follows me around and she helps everyone." Like this just isn't fair.
And Rhonda is always telling me after MOPS what a "hoot" Lindsay is. That she takes charge in a room mostly filled of boys and does what she feels needs to be done. Moving chairs here or there. She tells the grownups when it should be snack time. She is a little doer.
But now is the Lord's time to "do" according to HIS will. We pray that He will look upon Lindsay with tender mercy and if it be His will then to raise her up and restore her health and strength .
Praying rest and peace and love for you all,
love pam and fam
p.s. joy and i would love to visit you all on tuesday so that the girls can see their friend tanner and we can give you 10 days worth of hugs. don't decide now but give someone the word if that would seem reasonable sometime next week. love you
We prayed the EXACT same prayer at choir rehearsal tonight (that God would heal Lindsay to His glory for all the hospital staff to see). We will continue to petition God for that very thing! Kerri and Dana Robinson
Dearest Laura and Jon,
After reading tonight's entry this song came to my heart and mind.
"The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases.
His mercies never come to an end. They are new every morning, new every morning.
Great is Thy faithfulness O LORD
Great is Thy faithfulness. O LORD
Great is Thy faithfulness."
This song comes from Lamentations
3:22-24. The last part of that verse is what my heart fiercely hopes you are encouraged by.
"The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in him."
Dearest precious Jonathan and Laura and Jan and Bill and Warren and Phyliss and all you saints whose hearts ache for Lindsay, The Lord our God is indeed your portion. This your soul knows very well. HOPE! HOPE! HOPE! HOPE! HOPE! Hope in Him. Trust Him. Trust HIS heart and know that nothing is too big or too hard for our Eternal Father.
I'll end this note to you with my modified version of the following song.
"Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose arm has bound the restless wave,
Who bids the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee!
For precious Lindsay who lies asleep.
O Christ! Whose voice the waters heard
And hushed their raging at Thy word,
Who walked on the foaming deep,
And calm amidst its rage did sleep;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee!
For precious Lindsay who lies asleep.
Most Holy Spirit! Who did brood
Upon the chaos dark and rude,
And bid its angry tumult cease,
And give, for wild confusion, peace;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee!
For precious Lindsay who lies asleep.
O Trinity of love and power!
Our LINDSAY shield in danger's hour;
From rock and tempest, fire and foe,
Heal her heart so they will know;
That God and God alone is fit to take the universes throne.
Stephanie P.
The Cornerstone Adult Bible Fellowship Sunday School class at Shawnee Baptist Church in Shamong, NJ is praying for you.
Jon and Laura,
I put Lindsay and all of you on our church's prayer chain. Your brothers and sisters at Valley Evangelical Free Church in Chaska, Minnesota are praying for you. We, like so many others, are praying for a miracle healing. We love you!
Mary Lou
Thinking and Praying for you Lindsey.
Your Great Uncle Ron
Lindsay and family, you are in my prayers. I am a student at UNH and a speaker the other night mentioned how in the story of when Abraham was asked to sacrifice his son, God did not stop him until the last moment. It has been brought to my attention may times since that God does wait until the last moment often. That when we feel God has abandoned us and isn't coming to our rescue, truely it is that we have just not waited long enough, patiently enough, faithfully enough. May it be that God does the same for Lindsay as he did for Issac.
Peace and blessings,
~Melanie
Dear Ones,
Through my tears, I am writing to let you know that we are storming heaven on your behalf.
"Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; WHO HEALETH ALL THY DISEASES;...Bless the Lord, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the Lord, O my soul."
HE IS ABLE!
In His Mercy, Glen and Marilyn
I am praying for your little Lindsey in Waxhaw, North Carolina this morning. A song from church resonants in my heart as I pray for her:
Savior
He can move the mountains
My God is Mighty to save
He is Mighty to save
Forever
Author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave.
May you witness our God moving maintains as we see what He does in little Lindsey's life.
--Patty Wade
Lindsay Girl~
Last night I was up a few times because of your cousin :) and I laid in bed crying out to God and praying for you! I am so thankful that I was able to come and see you and know that I love you very much! Uncle Garrett and I think about you all the time and we love you very much!
With big hugs and kisses,
~Aunt Julie
I am being constantly reminded that in a very real, very precious sense, God hold's Lindsay's heart in His hands. I have always thought of God's hands as huge because He holds the universe in the palm of His hand but I am more and more realizing that His hands are not so big that the tiny heart of a precious child gets lost. He has never taken His eyes off of her. Thank you to the Groen's and Welte's for sharing with us that we may experience the privilege of storming the throne of Grace of the ALMIGHTY, The Great I AM. We continue to pray for complete healing, abundant wisdom, and undeniable peace. We love you guys, the Hunts
Above All We Ask Or Think
He is able to accomplish infinitely more than we would ever dare to ask or hope (Ephesians 3:10, NLT).
Pastor Robert Roman
Dear Jon, Laura & Family,
There are no words adequate. Our Father in heaven has such great love for us. May his perfect love and peace comfort you during this time. We are still praying. Here is another song for you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKbH6Dga3zo
Love, The Pampreen Family
Lindsay & Jon & Laura & Tanner
You are constantly in our prayers.We pray for peace and courage and strenth for all who are with Lindsay
We love you Gary & Thelma
Lindsay - Luke 18:15 says that people brought babies to Jesus for him to touch and Jesus welcomed them. I know that you are held close to his heart even, especially, now.
Jon and Laura, Tanner...Uncle Warren and Aunt Phyl and all the rest of Lindsay's family -
Lamentations 3:32 says that although God brings grief, he will show compassion because of his unfailing love. We don't always understand God's ways, but his love is true. You and Lindsay are daily in my conversations with our Father, and I pray that we will see his goodness in the coming days.
With much love,
Susanna
continuing to lift you all in prayer.
Hollie Lisk
NLR Arkansas
Dear Bill and all;
Praying that you will find rest today in God's boundless love. We lift our hearts and hands with you pleading for wisdom, healing, and strength.
George and Linda Hege
The simple but powerful song "Jesus Loves the Little Chrldren" ke3ps rewinding in my brain the last two days. I've been singing it a lot today to remind myself that God is watching over little Lindsay. God's peace and strength be upon the Welte and Groen family.
Love,
The Randolphs
To all of Lindsay's precious family, but especially to you, Jon & Laura - I remember all too well what it's like to be a parent keeping vigil at the bedside of my own little girl at Children's Hospital in Philly. My mind races back 20 years and to all the indescribable feelings that threatened to overwhelm me. But immediately I remember all the wonderful ways God used to lift me out of the dark feelings of terror and despair and how I seemed to "walk across the water" as He kept my heart and mind focused on Him, not on the circumstances. He used music greatly to minister to me and this morning as I was praying for all of you, it came back to me and I felt prompted to share one particular song with you. He impressed it upon my heart the morning after Jenna's diagnosis when I was gripped with a terror that no words can describe and I began singing it to myself as well as everybody else I came in touch with those first few weeks. It's an old song and you probably know it well, but here it is anyway.
"When you're up against a struggle that shatters all your dreams, and your hopes have been cruelly crushed by satan's manifested schemes, when you feel the need within you to submit to earthly fears, DON'T LET THE FAITH YOU'RE STANDING IN SEEM TO DISAPPEAR!! PRAISE THE LORD, HE CAN WORK THROUGH THOSE WHO PRAISE HIM. PRAISE THE LORD, FOR OUR GOD HABITS PRAISE. PRAISE THE LORD, FOR THE CHAINS THAT SEEM TO BIND YOU, SERVE ONLY TO REMIND YOU THAT THEY DROP POWERLESS BEHIND YOU WHEN YOU PRAISE HIM!! Now satan is a liar and he wants to make us think that we are paupers, when he knows himself, WE'RE CHILDREN OF THE KING! SO LIFT UP THE MIGHTY SHIELD OF FAITH, FOR THE BATTLE MUST BE WON. WE KNOW THAT JESUS CHRIST IS RISEN, SO THE WORK'S ALREADY DONE!!! PRAISE THE LORD, HE CAN WORK THROUGH THOSE THAT PRAISE HIM, PRAISE THE LORD, FOR OUR GOD INHABITS PRAISE. PRAISE THE LORD, FOR THE CHAINS THAT SEEM TO BIND YOU, SERVE ONLY TO REMIND YOU THAT THEY DROP POWERFULLY BEHIND YOU WHEN YOU PRAISE HIM!!! I hope the caps emphasize the powerful message this song brings. No one's expecting you all to be jumping up and down with joy over what you're going through. But in the midst of it, you can rest in Him and give ALL of your fears to Him. He'll gladly take them from you and free you to rest in His peace, regardless of what's going on around you. When I was diagnosed with breast cancer, fear gripped me again and I cried out to Him once again. His answer was Isaiah 43:1,2 that came at me from many directions and many forms, the first being a Daily Bread devotional that arrived in the mail the next day and on the front cover, there it was. "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, YOU ARE MINE. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you." She may not even remember this, but even Phyllis sent me a card with those scriptures on it!!! So Phyl, RIGHT BACK ATCHA!!
I know this has been lengthy, but my heart is so full of love and concern for all of you (and I seem to be in good company!!) and I really felt God wanting me to share these things with you. That hospital room must feel unbelievably crowded with all the thoughts and prayers and love from so many who are with you and care for you!! Be strong in His Love and Care. All my love, Janet Jaeger ( for all the Jaegers!)
We will be praying for Lindsay and for you all throughout the coming days and in our little boy's bedtime prayers.
May God bless you and comfort you in this very difficult time.
Lord,
heal this little one, Lindsay.
Father, hold and comfort the
Welte and Groen families. Great
Physician, our lives belong to you.
We thank you that you are over all,
in all and through all. Thank you
for all you have done for us, are
doing for us, and will do.
In Jesus' name, amen.
Chris and Kathy Hughes of Mays Landing New Jersey prays that the God who restores us and who provides for us all be with Lindsay, her parents and the grandparents. May our Lord Jesus lift all of you up.
Dear Groen Family,
We may not know one another, but we are family. And as members of our Father's family, we reach out to you in His boundless love. We lift you and your beautiful daughter up to our Lord in prayer. She has also been added to the prayer chain at Bethany Church in Greenland, NH.
Please rest and be comforted in the knowledge that even at this very moment, God is working to extend his grace & mercy upon your beautiful family.
May His Love be felt by you,
Steve & Darlene Bailey
Bethany Church
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