Baby Joshua & Simon *edited*

Baby Joshua

At the time of writing, the Cheah's are in Ipoh.

Baby Joshua's lung didn't close properly, so he's having difficulty breathing. The blood circulation is also now direct - the blood passes through the heart, but doesn't stop there. (I'm no Science student, so I don't really understand)

*edited*
Joshua's experiencing something called the "Patent Ductus Arteriosus". In short PDA.

We have two main arteries. One to distribute blood to all parts of the body (Aorta), One to carry blood from heart to lung (Pulmonary artery). The baby doesn't use his/her lungs during pregnancy (Oxygen provided by the mother). Flow from the right ventricle needs an outlet (which is through the patent ductus). When the baby is born, the patent ductus should close within 24 hours. When it doesn't, it's PDA.

He's going for an operation on Monday to seal the hole, so pray that the doctors will be careful, and that the operation will go well.

Pray also for Geng Yi and Grace!


Simon

Uncle Rod, Kah Wei, Sharma, Shaun, Shuen, Sin Yee and Wei Jin (sorry if I missed out anyone - I wasn't there.) went up to Shah Alam on Friday for Simon's father's wake service. Jessica and I went for the funeral service on Saturday. Simon thanks MGC-ians for cheering him up by making him laugh so hard on Friday.

He'll be staying on to help his mum and sis wrap up some things, and should be heading back to Malacca on Wednesday. Otherwise, it'll be Sunday.

Pray that God will be with Simon and his family, and that Simon will find a Father in Him.