Loss

A message from Matt while we were at the hospital on Tuesday night....

Dear friends and family,

Well, God had another plan for little Levi Elgin. At around 1138pm, Holly passed him in the ER at Baylor Garland. He was in the womb for 15 and a half weeks.

They showed him to us and he was in his little sack still. He looked perfect. They don't have a medical reason for the early delivery yet.

Right now everything is a little surreal. This came way out of left field. We just saw his beating heart two weeks ago. One minute I was sitting on the couch watching the replays of the Tour de France, and two hours later our son is laying at the bottom of a four quart tub. This one is tough!

Holly is being prepared for a DNC to remove the remain placenta. They are administering the medication now (145). And off she goes ...

As stewards of our children the hardest thing to do is let them go back into the Father's hands. His grace is sufficient in times like this. You really are placed in a situation that is completely and utterly out of your control. You couldn't alter anything if you tried. You are faced with the choice to throw your hands up and scream that it just isn't fair, or rest in the knowledge that He really has our best interests at heart and is in complete control of every detail.

Thanks for your support surrounding the pregnancy, and your prayers are coveted as Holly recovers.

These are the email addresses I had stored in my phone at 2am, so feel free to share the news. Our prayers have already been that God would use this trial in our lives to change someone elses for His glory.

Doc just came back to inform me that the DNC went as well as could be expected.

-ME
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