Needed Prayers!

The McCarter family needs your prayers! Emma is now 4 1/2 months old. At 2 her routine check up, her head measured 40 cm. At her 4 month check up, it measured 45 cm and by the growth chart, that is way too much. Well, we weren't too worried b/c Aubrie did the same thing - only her's was from 6-8 months (however her head growth leveled back out by 9 months). We attributed it to the fact that Michael's and my sides of the family have a history of "big heads". He wanted to check Emma back at 5 months and measure again. I took her yesterday (Thursday) b/c she has a cold. We found out that she has double ear infections. What we didn't expect to hear is that her head had grown more and her soft spot appears to have pressure. This is enough evidence to suspect hydrocephalus (fluid on the brain). The doctor isn't too worried that she has it b/c she is an alert and smiling baby who is right on track with everything else. But there are enough symptoms to rule it out at this time. They will do a CT scan in the next 1-2 weeks to test her for it. They don't do these on infants here in Paris b/c they have to be sedated. We will have to go to Dallas to Children's Hospital to have the test done. If she does have it, they will refer us to a neurosurgeon to discuss putting in a shunt to drain the fluid off. We hope and pray ofcourse that the test will be negative and we won't even have to go there, but naturally we are concerned and scared out of our minds. We are trusting in God that she will be fine and are placing it totally in His hands. Please pray for her little head and ask God to be with her! Thanks so much! God bless each of you! - Lindsay McCarter