Posted on 07/29/2013 2:50:39 PM PDT by jazusamo
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, a pro-life Republican from Washington state, excitedly announced in May that she and her husband were expecting their first child. One month later, however, their journey took a sharp turn:
"At a recent, routine ultrasound appointment we received the difficult news that our baby has a serious medical condition called Potter's Syndrome. Potter's Syndrome (or Potter's Sequence) is abnormally low amniotic fluid caused by impaired kidney function which inhibits normal lung development and is often fatal. We have had a second opinion and the medical diagnosis was consistent with the initial news: there is no medical solution available to us. We are praying for a miracle."
They prayed for a miracle and that’s exactly what they got. Although babies born with Potter’s syndrome typically die within a couple of days after birth, baby Abigail is alive and doing relatively well—two weeks later.
According to a birth announcement Beutler posted on Facebook Monday, the couple was given two choices during the pregnancy: abortion or expectant management. “Multiple doctors explained that based on medical evidence her condition was incompatible with life and that, if she survived to term, she would be unable to breathe and live only moments after birth,” the statement reads. “We were also told that dialysis or transplant were not possible. The options we were offered were termination or “expectant management,” that is, waiting for her to die. Instead, we chose to pray earnestly for a miracle. Many of you joined us.”
According to all the doctors the Beutlers have spoken with, Abigail is the “first baby with bilateral renal agenesis to breathe sustainably on her own.” Today, the child medical experts said wouldn’t survive and should be aborted is “active, stable and breathing on her own.”
“We feel called to share with you the details of this wonderful story of God's work and the remarkable doctors who helped us in the near future. At the moment, our focus is, of course, on our beautiful fourteen day old daughter.”
To read more about Abigail’s remarkable story, click here .
Pinging you for your prayers on a previous thread, they’ve been answered.
Good news Ping.
What a wonderful story!
Had a friend with a similar diagnosis and recommendation. It is common today for doctors to recommend abortion whenever testing reveals even the possibility of any abnormality. I believe part of the reason for that is fear of lawsuits for delivering imperfect babies.
Congratulations to this beautiful family.
Good news!
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OMG!!! How FABULOUS!! Thank you GOD.
One of the authors of that fear, who became quite wealthy in the process, was John Edwards the democrat VP candidate in 2004. As rotten a soul as ever walked this earth.
Continued prayers for the little one.
Excellent story. There has been a big push to get couples to have ‘genetic counseling’ and genetic testing. We had a friend who was scared to death because her “genetic counselor” told her that she had a chance her baby daughter could be born retarded. The little girl was born just fine. We had one this last pregnancy even though we told them we wouldn’t abort for any reason. We didn’t have any amniotic tests because there is a chance that it can result in miscarriage. I’m certain there are many couples that are scared by these ‘genetic counselors’ into killing their perfectly normal babies. I’d like to see legal protections so that parents can legally sue if it turns out the child would’ve been fine in the event of misdiagnosis and the child is aborted.
And if Obama had a daughter like this...
well, I guess he would have had her killed while still in the womb. A sad day for Obama.
Great news for Jaime .
She was my congresswoman and did a great job in our district (the ONLY conservative one in Western WA, I think).
Then WA got 2 new congress seats and I was redistricted into a full blown Communist district (Denny Heck).
I miss her representation!
Amen to that, my FRiend.
Jaime is my Congresswoman now and sincerely hope she continues to be, she’s not only conservative but responsive.
They prayed for a miracle and that’s exactly what they got.
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Beautiful story. Let’s keep praying for more miracles for this baby.
this should not be. doctors just know everything. /s
Isn’t God grand and amazing!!! Praying for kidneys for this little one so that she can have a full, normal life!!!
WA Ping Good News for a change!
Worthy of an Oregon PING?
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