Healing and Hope Mark a New Season in Austin — Summer 2020

I was told at 21 years of age I would have a high likelihood that I would never get pregnant. But praises to God, He had the final say so. Three months after our wedding, on Mother’s Day, we found out I was pregnant!

Pregnancy was going pretty good. I had to deal with all day sickness, and carpal tunnel. But knowing there was a precious little soul growing in me made every trip to the bathroom, every numb and painful hand movement worth it! He was a prayer that I had prayed for and l was excited to be able to be this child’s mama.

On October 1, 2019 I was 23 weeks pregnant. I felt a sudden gush of fluid. I thought it was a normal pregnancy thing. The following day I had noticed I had continued to pass small amounts of fluid and I had some mild cramping. I made an appointment to be checked. I was told I was leaking amniotic fluid and I was in the early stages of labor. I was rushed to labor and delivery.

Once admitted I was given a steroid shot to strengthen my baby’s lungs, brain, and intestines. We prepared for the worst, if labor couldn’t be stopped we were having a baby that night. The doctors did not have high hopes of him surviving. Our Pastor paid us a visit that night and prayed over the baby, and myself. I had been so scared and worried. But the peace of God entered that room and I was ready to face whatever was going to happen.

Praise God, after two days labor was stopped! Baby still had plenty of fluid to move around in. It was then 4 Preemie Jeremiah Ramsey, health we were told that I was moving into the hospital until the baby came, we were trying to keep him in ‘til 27 weeks. I was on bed rest.

Fast forward to one week later. On October 7, I once again noticed mild cramping. But was told it was just my body making room for the baby as he was still growing normally. The doctor told me that I would know if it was something else because I would find myself breathing through it.

Later that night around 2:15 a.m., I awoke and noticed I was cramping more. It was coming in waves at about 10 minutes apart and then It was five minutes. I called a nurse and by the time the baby was found on the monitor the contractions were two minutes apart. I was in full labor. Everything happened so quickly, I was rushed away for an emergency c-section.

Jeremiah L. Ramsey was born on October 8, 2019, at 4:46 a.m. He was 24 weeks gestation. He weighed two lbs. exactly and was 13 inches long. When he was delivered he let out the smallest little whimper as they quickly wrapped him and intubated him. Hearing that whimper gave me hope that he was going to make it.

The following days, weeks, and eventually months were very trying. We were blessed to attend a healing service with Pastor Paul Stephens. After service that night Pastor Stephens prayed for God’s divine interhy and healed today by Jesus’ power vention and healing for Jeremiah.

Jeremiah was intubated and on a ventilator for the first month. We prayed he’d be taken off. And when he was taken off he had some struggle. We almost lost him one evening after he had been trying to breath on his own for 12 hours.

After 105 days in the NICU Jeremiah got to come home with us on January 21, 2020. He was released on oxygen for retinopathy (a thickening of the blood vessels) in both eyes. If the thickening could not be reversed it would lead to blindness.

We prayed and asked our church to pray with us for a miracle for Jeremiah’s eyes. Along with the retinopathy, he was diagnosed with pulmonary disease. And was expected to get off oxygen at some point when he was older.

There was improvement. We were told in a month we could try no more oxygen, but God had other plans. A week after seeing his pulmonologist. Jeremiah pulled his nasal cannula off. We just so happened to be out of supplies. But he was breathing 100 percent on his own, and has been since with no issues!

Shortly after we brought Jeremiah home we noticed a mass on his back. The pediatrician was concerned it could be a tumor of some sort after having had patients with similar masses. We prayed for him and again it ended up thankfully not being anything to be concerned about.

The list could go on and on of all the things that were expected to be “wrong” with our son. But every single thing that we prayed for and asked healing for, God answered that prayer.

Today, Jeremiah is almost eight months old. Though “technically” he is almost five months old. He has overcome every expectation of a preemie baby the doctors could have! He is growing and developing marvelously.

We thank God for giving the doctors, and nurses the knowledge and guidance to help Jeremiah go in the right direction. And we thank God for our Pastor and our church for praying for us, and with us!

God is wonderful and so faithful. We thank him for entrusting us with being Jeremiah’s mother and father. God truly is glorious and is worthy of ALL the praise and glory!