Josephine Marie-Adele Ouellette

1 August - Baby Josephine Marie-Adele Ouellette - With Jesus

Thank You For Your Support & Prayers During The Last 17 Days.

I would like to share this email with everybody that prayed for Joséphine and her family over the last 17 days. Thank you so much for your prayers and support. May this email bring peace to others who are currently suffering from an illness or who have children that are suffering of an illness or has passed on.

Andria, Marc, Célia, and Joséphine has been through so much during the last 17 days and yet, they find peace in knowing that somehow this experience is all according Divine Planning and Divine Timing. Although we are unable to see and understand why this has happend, we take comfort in the fact that there is a Divine reason behind it all.

“We””d like to start by thanking everyone for your thoughts, prayers, love, and support for us, and especially for Joséphine. We could not possibly have imagined how supportive everyone would be; we are truly blessed to have such caring family and friends. We””d like to pass along our sincerest thanks to everyone — you made a great difference in our lives, and in Joséphine”’’s, and we will always remember and treasure this.

It is with very deep sorrow that we bring you the saddest of news: on Friday night (July 28th), around 8pm, Joséphine Marie-Adèle Ouellette left us after a very courageous 17 day battle with her devastating injuries. She died peacefully in our arms, surrounded by our love and prayers; our little angel is now in Heaven. We””re sure that she knew how much we, and so many other people, loved her, prayed for her, and cared for her.

Within 24 hours of her birth, we learned that Joséphine had suffered a severe brain injury (due to a lack of oxygen that most likely occurred during the final stages of delivery), and damage to many vital organs, and that there was nothing that could be done medically to heal her. On her second day, we were told that her body was beginning to shut down, that she was dying, and that she likely only had about 12-24 hours to live.

Over the course of the next two weeks, we saw some miraculous improvements in Joséphine. Her body began to recover: her circulation improved, she began to move more and more, she began to breathe on her own well enough that she no longer equired a ventilator (using only a nasal CPAP to keep her lungs open), and she was able to be fed her mother’s milk through a feeding tube.

We will always be thankful for getting these extra two weeks with her, to be able to hold her, to sing to her, and to let her know how much we loved her. We truly believe that all the love and prayers for Joséphine made this possible.

Unfortunately, Thursday afternoon (July 27th), she started to struggle, slowly declined, and passed away Friday night. She spent her last day in our arms, as we took turns rocking and comforting her.

Joséphine was with us for 17 unforgettable days. We were praying for the miracle of her complete recovery, but we know we were granted the miracle of getting to know her, to be with her, and to love her so deeply for these 17 wonderful days. We wouldn””t trade this time for anything.

We miss her so much and are very saddened that she is no longer with us, but we are also at peace. Joséphine brought us such peace and serenity whenever we were with her, she deepened our faith, and she touched the lives of so many people. We will never know why she had to leave us so early, but we trust that this is part of God’s greater plan.

In our time at the Hospital for Sick Children, we saw a lot of critically ill babies and their overwhelmed families. In Joséphine”’’s memory, we””d like to ask that you include them in your thoughts and prayers.”

Andria, Marc, Célia, and Joséphine (who will always be with us)

Joséphine is a perfect little girl with a will to live stronger than we can imagine. She has a small tube down her nose to assist her breathing and at times, she breaths on her own. Her feeding tube is fed through her umbilical cord area. Aside from that, she looks like any healthy baby. Her parents spend time massaging her little body and on Friday she started moving and stretching. Yey!

There’s progress everyday her Marc and Andria believe in the power of prayer and ask that all of us who think of them, keep praying for miracles.

Doctors were concerned about kidney failure, but Joséphine’s body is functioning now.

 

17 July - Please pray for Baby Josephine Marie-Adele Ouellette: Toronto, Canada

Dear Readers,

I received the following e-mail message early yesterday morning and I ask that you all pray for baby Joséphine and her family. Please send them lots of love and healing light. Our collective prayers, faith and thoughts can create a miracle to heal this little baby.

“Joséphine Marie-Adèle Ouellette was born July 11th at 7:26 pm. She weighed 8 lbs 4 oz and measured 20.5 inches in length.

Joséphine’s umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck three times when she was born. As she did not start breathing on her own, she was given oxygen immediately after birth and was then transferred to the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.

Our baby is gravely ill and only a miracle will save her. We have been praying continuously for her that Jesus will heal her. Please pray for her for us. Please forward this email message to anyone you know who would like to pray for her. The more people we have praying for her and believing in a miracle, the more likely she will be healed.

We will not have access to e-mail, but you can be sure well receive your prayers.

Andria, Marc, Célia, and Joséphine”

Victoria