Baby Girl Cooke

Baby Nanette arrived at 8:27PM on Tuesday, April 11th,
2006 - weighing in at a marvelous 10lbs 2ozs! After
many hours of labor, the Dr. finally delivered her
C-Section.

There is a complication. She was born with congenital
diaphragmatic herinia. That means that there is a
small hole in her diaphragm that has allowed her
intestines to herniate into the space that would
normally be occupied with her left lung. That in turn
has pushed her heart into the space that would
normally be occupied by her right lung. In other
words, she couldn't breathe. The awesome doctors,
nurses and other angels at St. Mary's got her
resuccitated and ordered air transport to Emmanuel
Hospital in Portland. Somehow, this little trooper
managed to get enough air going to survive.

Mom is recovering in Walla Walla while I watch over
Nanette here in the big city. Emmanuel is wonderful,
high-tech and yet personal. Nannette is hooked up to
about a million tubes and wires, but she is stabilized
and the doctor here will probably operate on her on
Friday. My mom and dad are driving to Walla Walla to
pick up JoAnn in their motor home, hoping to get her
here in time for the surgery. Grampa Snyder and I are
checked in to the Ronald McDonald house and we're
trying to catch up on rest.

I know this is rambling, but a lot has happened in a
short period of time. I just finished dinner here and
then I'm going back to be with Nanette. Please pass
this on to anyone that might be interested, and,
whether you believe in prayer, or the power of prayer,
or not, please pray for Nanette. I can tell you that
her spirit is tangible there in that ICU - I can feel
her healing power reaching out to all the other small
children there, especially a little one named Silus
who is nearby and seems to be slipping away. Pray for
all the little ones.

May peace, love and joy be with you in all things,

Joe