# My sister just had her baby, but please pray for us all... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 18, 2002, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-just-had-her-baby-but-please-pray-for-us-all/132901 "2002-10-18T21:42:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BrentLumkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@BrentLumkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrentLumkin)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2002, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-just-had-her-baby-but-please-pray-for-us-all/132901/1 "2002-10-18T21:42:40Z")
…it wasn’t due untill the end of December, a could’a’been Christmas baby, but today my sister was forced to undergo surgery and allow it to be born today. It is only 13oz and we all fear that there is no chance for it to live. All the doctors have said there is no chance, but we all hold on to hope. The child, named Abagail (I don’t know the right spelling yet, but you get the idea), is no bigger than a miniature doll, and can fit in one hand. This is our first time ever facing such a miricle, while at the same time, a travesty. I ask for either your prayers, if you are religious, or simply your best wishes. We all need it right now, and Abagail, more so than any of us. Sincerely, …Brent Lumkin… ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2002, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-just-had-her-baby-but-please-pray-for-us-all/132901/2 "2002-10-18T21:50:54Z")
All of my best to your sister, her baby, and the whole family. I can’t even imagine what it must be like for all of you. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2002, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-just-had-her-baby-but-please-pray-for-us-all/132901/3 "2002-10-18T21:55:31Z")
y’all are in my thoughts and prayers. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2002, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-just-had-her-baby-but-please-pray-for-us-all/132901/4 "2002-10-18T22:21:29Z")
My best to you and your family. I’m hoping for the best and sending my best thoughts along. Zette ---
**Author:** ![Anubis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-just-had-her-baby-but-please-pray-for-us-all/132901/5 "2002-10-19T00:15:27Z")
No one should be gifted a child only to have it have so small a chance of life. My best wishes to you all. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Magic8ball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Miss\_Magic8ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Magic8ball)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-just-had-her-baby-but-please-pray-for-us-all/132901/6 "2002-10-19T00:18:38Z")
I hope it all turns out well… ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-just-had-her-baby-but-please-pray-for-us-all/132901/7 "2002-10-19T00:32:12Z")
Good Luck, little one. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-just-had-her-baby-but-please-pray-for-us-all/132901/8 "2002-10-19T00:33:50Z")
My thoughts and prayers will be with Abigail and your family. And have some hope - A dope had a 14 oz baby a year ago and she turned out okay. StG ---
**Author:** ![\_etalhea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/779978/32.png) [@\_etalhea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_etalhea)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-just-had-her-baby-but-please-pray-for-us-all/132901/9 "2002-10-19T17:59:12Z")
**My Grandfather was born over 2 months premature in 1917**. In rural Rockbridge County, Virginia, the son of a sharecropper. They had no hospitals, no incubators, nothing, and 14 other children. They put him in a shoebox behind the woodstove, the closest thing they had to an incubator. He died in 1996, having survived the Great Depression, WWII, a lifetime as an electrician, \>10 heart attacks and a quadruple bypass. About the only ill effect he suffered was he was somewhat smaller than all the other men in the family. He wore size 6 shoes (I wear 13’s). But he also played professional baseball and was the champion boxer in his army regiment. Preemies can and do make it past incredible odds. If it’s meant to be, it will be. Do not allow yourself to doubt it. Blessed be. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-just-had-her-baby-but-please-pray-for-us-all/132901/10 "2002-10-19T19:46:30Z")
Consider the prayer part covered. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-just-had-her-baby-but-please-pray-for-us-all/132901/11 "2002-10-19T20:13:35Z")
I certainly will keep you and your family in my thoughts and prayers. Stay as strong as you can. ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-just-had-her-baby-but-please-pray-for-us-all/132901/12 "2002-10-19T20:19:46Z")
Echoing the sentiments above-- things could still turn out ok, Brent, and I will also be praying for your neice and family. The important thing is that you love her and stay strong for each other. ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-just-had-her-baby-but-please-pray-for-us-all/132901/13 "2002-10-19T23:12:15Z")
My best thoughts and prayers are with you, honey. And take heart from our darling Emma Kate, who is thriving after being born four months early last year. She is beautiful, and I am the proud recipient of a recent pic which allows me to say… she is the most ADORABLE munchkin! I am linking to the original thread, then the latest update. [Emma Kate is BORN!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=102470&highlight=prayers) [Most recent Emma Kate Update](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=117981) Hopeful thoughts and prayers that your Abigail pulls through just as miraculously. Much Love, Cheri ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-just-had-her-baby-but-please-pray-for-us-all/132901/14 "2002-10-20T00:03:07Z")
**Scotticher** - How is Emma Kate doing? It’s been almost 6 months since that last update? Is she 15 lbs yet? StG ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-just-had-her-baby-but-please-pray-for-us-all/132901/15 "2002-10-20T01:33:45Z")
Emma Kate is the most beautiful, wonderful darling…I am not sure how much she weighs at this time, but she is doing WONDERFULLY! 😃 And thank you for asking, I/we appreciate your interest! I’ll try to get you a more #lb specific update. Bless you! ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-just-had-her-baby-but-please-pray-for-us-all/132901/16 "2002-10-20T01:51:49Z")
I’m sending all the good wishes I have to Abigail. I don’t pray, but I have friends who do, and I’ll ask them to pray for Abigail as I asked them to pray for Emma Kate. You’ve got the Doper community pulling for her, and I know that’ll help. ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-just-had-her-baby-but-please-pray-for-us-all/132901/17 "2002-10-20T09:31:44Z")
Scotticher is right, babies that small can make it. And Emma Kate is a shining example. Abigail will be in my thoughts and prayers. Please keep us updated. ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-just-had-her-baby-but-please-pray-for-us-all/132901/18 "2002-10-20T14:22:39Z")
Best wishes, absolutely, and you’ll all be in my thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![tritone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@tritone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tritone)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-just-had-her-baby-but-please-pray-for-us-all/132901/19 "2002-10-20T14:35:32Z")
Sending all my good thoughts in little Abigail’s direction, **Brent**. Here’s hoping she hangs in there and grows up beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-just-had-her-baby-but-please-pray-for-us-all/132901/20 "2002-10-21T01:41:21Z")
Hi \*\* Brent\*\* Hang in there - the medics said NO hope for my brother too. (3 months premature) That was about 38 years ago. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-just-had-her-baby-but-please-pray-for-us-all/132901.md?page=2)