Whatever it takes...

As a new parent, everyone of my heart strings are attached to Pressley as are Dustins... A couple from Mom and Dads church have a little 1 yr old girl, Meredith... She has been diagnosed with cancer and is now in coma. My heart breaks to think of Meredith and her family. Here is a log in the family website updating everyone on Merediths condition...

February 21, 2008 at 05:10 PM EST
"We have moved to the Ronald McDonald house and unfortunately I am having e-mail issues. I think my issue is fixed, but if you are not a member of the Carepage, please e-mail my friend, Catherine (catherine_wags@yahoo.com) or me if you would like to be invited to Mer’s page. It is more reliable than my e-mail. Today my mother and I spent the entire morning with Meredith. It was a really peaceful day. Her labs look good – they are keeping a close eye on her sodium levels as well as her counts. She has tolerated the chemo well. Our oncologist confirmed yesterday that Meredith is in a coma. We pretty much guessed this was the case, but chose to believe she was sleeping. However, the reality is that she is in a comatose state. Her pupils no longer dilate and her only way of communicating at this point is through her vital signs. This state is due to the pressure on her brain from the tumors. We are praying fervently that one round of chemo will alleviate some of this pressure so she can wake up. Hearing that your daughter is in coma is definitely a shocking thing. I cannot even describe the feeling that wells up inside when I try to comprehend this fact. I keep envisioning Meredith at Christmas crawling around playing with Puddin’s Christmas bone. She could have cared less about all of her new clothes and toys. She just wanted to play with Puddin’s stuff. I guess it is only fair considering he rips the eyes off of her stuffed animals. Anyway, it is truly unbelievable that a month and a half ago our baby was just like every other 1 year old and now she is fighting for her life. I encourage all of you to savor every day you have with your children. I thank God that I held Meredith and stayed home with her since she was born. Don’t ever let anyone tell you not to spoil your baby/child. I have no regrets with Meredith. We all spoiled her like crazy and I thank God we did! Every moment is a gift- treasure your children- Lo, children are a heritage of the Lord; and the fruit of the womb is His reward. Psalm 127:3. This is the verse I put on Meredith’s birth announcement and it is so true! Our families are believing and claiming that Meredith is in a “Heavenly Coma.” We all decided that if she was awake, she would surely be in pain and agitated. It would be more difficult to get through the days watching her cry or be in great discomfort. We believe that God is holding her in His hands right now- protecting her from the pain of these tumors. The next 10 days are critical for Meredith. The chemo will be working and a lot of things can happen. She will be very susceptible to infection because her white cell counts will be very low. It is critical that she is protected from the flu, colds, etc… Chris and I have made a list of our immediate family to go see Meredith. The fewer people who come in contact with her the better. We know that many of you would like to see Mer, but we feel it is critical to protect her and that means restricting visitors. If you would like to see Chris, Tyler or me, just give us a call before coming. Chris and I are on different schedules- so you might catch us together but more likely we will be separate. I usually stay with Meredith all day and he sits with her after work. Feel free to call though so we can work out you seeing us all together. Again, we appreciate you wanting to come see us, but the BEST thing you can do is to PRAY. There has been talk by various people about fasting for Meredith and so that is definitely something we would love for you to pray about. People are fasting different things until she is healed. Whatever God lays on your heart to do would be great. We have no expectations and just appreciate anything you can do to help. Tyler is doing great. He is getting p every 3 hours hungry. He is growing and is just as cute as can be. He has the same mouth and chin as Meredith (they get that from Chris). I think the rest of him looks like me! Chris sees it differently though- "

If anyone would like to be added to the update list please go to Meredith's website and register.
http://www.carepages.com/ServeCarePage?cpn=MEE2007&login=true&seed=195037&ClusterNodeID=jb00&tlcx1=wakemed

Please pray Gods will to be done concerning this situation... I can not fathom the pain this family is in... I know Pressley is Gods little girl, but I pray everyday that nothing like this happens to our baby girl. I will try and update my blog as soon as I hear info about Meredith.