Please Pray

Six weeks ago my sister-in-law, Ruth, was put on bed rest when she was only 19 weeks along in her pregnancy. She ended up delivering her baby girl, Olivia Kate, yesterday, at only 25 weeks, 2 days old (gestational age). Here is the email that Eric sent out.
6:03 pm Thursday (August 14th). 1 pound 15 ounces.

She caught everyone by surprise when she came. No doctor was present - she came too quickly... Just 1 resident and 5-7 nurses were present. Ruth was in agony - she came too quickly for Ruth to receive a shot of pain medicine, and they were unable to remove the stitches before she delivered. Ruth though seems to be doing relatively well now... She's resting finally.

Olivia also seems to be doing well considering she was only at 25 weeks when born. They say her color is good and her breathing has been good as well to the point they don't even have her hooked up to the full ventilator. Of course at this stage that's about all they know - they will know a lot more about everything else in 10-14 days.

The "stitches" that Eric is referring to were sewn into Ruth's cervix at 19 weeks to keep it shut (called a cerclage -- not sure I spelled that correctly) so you can imagine the pain that Ruth was in. Please pray for Ruth and Eric, little Olivia, and little Caleb.