Please pray for Dietrich and Sophie Neumann and their parents.  They
were taken by C-section yesterday and their lungs aren't quite up to
the task.  Their mom, Halcyon, is still recovering from the surgery
and her twins are now 2 hours away at a different hospital.  Please
pray for a complete recovery for them all, and peace as they endure
this most difficult ordeal.  You may email Bonnie at
bonnieja...@centurytel.net with your words of prayer and hope, and
she will relay them.
Through Him, With Him, in Him,
Sue
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This is from some very good friends of ours.. the grandparents...

Dietrich Daniel Neumann
Sophie Alexandra Neumann
born to Erich and Halcyon (New) Neumann Nov. 13, 2006

Dear friends and family, I realize some of you haven't heard so I'll
start at the beginning.  Halcyon went into labor yesterday, 5 weeks
early, and long story short is that the twins had to be taken by
C-section.  They each weigh about 6 1/2 pounds, a very respectable
weight.  It's just that their little lungs are not mature enough
yet.  Sophie is pretty gurgley, with some fluid around her lungs, and
about 1/4 of one of Deet's lungs was collapsed.   They both have cpap
tubes, just to keep gentle pressure to keep the lungs inflated
properly, and both have various tubes protruding, of course.

The really painful thing about this is that they were delivered in
Stephenville, where Halcyon still is, recovering from the surgery,
but they took the twins to Cooks' Childrens Ft. Worth last night,
about two hours away.   It is breaking Halcy's heart that she hasn't
even gotten to hold her babies--in fact, just saw them very
briefly.  They're saying they'll release Halcyon tomorrow evening,
Wednesday, but the twins are having to fight so hard that even when
their lungs mature, they still will need to stay in hospital a week
or so to recuperate from the struggle.

While there are things about this that we wish were different, we are
very thankful to God for His loving care in their safe delivery, in
caring medical personnel, in loving family and friends who help and pray.

love to you all, Suzanne/Mum/grandmother, who is now getting ready to
take the twins' big sisters, Zoe, 2, and Gabby, 3 1/2, to see their
mama.  Erich is gone to Ft. Worth to be with the twins for a few hours.

Bonnie
bonnieja...@centurytel.net