{"id":2810,"date":"2008-01-25T20:45:16","date_gmt":"2008-01-25T20:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jolene-test.com.bishopcompsol.com\/?p=2810"},"modified":"2008-01-25T20:45:16","modified_gmt":"2008-01-25T20:45:16","slug":"its-a-blood-pressure-cuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/its-a-blood-pressure-cuff\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s a Blood Pressure Cuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-818.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2811\" title=\"shapeimage_1-8\" src=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-818-300x171.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-818-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-818-500x285.png 500w, https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-818.png 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re wondering about the picture, it\u2019s a blood pressure cuff. It will be twenty-six years old this May, the same age as our son who spent the first two and a half weeks of his life in in the neonatal intensive care unit at the University of Nebraska hospital in Omaha.<\/p>\n<p>For years, while he endured more surgeries and procedures, the cuff was hidden in of his box of baby things. But now it hangs near his six month picture, in my office. I put it there so I wouldn\u2019t forget the babies and parents going through heart-wrenching experiences every day.<\/p>\n<p>For a long time, I\u2019ve been asking God what I could do to help those hurting families. In a week or so, I may get an answer. My book proposal, <em>A Different Dream for My Child: Meditations for Parents of Critically and Chronically Ill Children<\/em>, has been at Discovery House Publishers since August. The publisher called me in late November to tell me that they loved the proposal, but because it focused on such a niche audience they weren\u2019t sure it was feasible. Still the marketing committee wanted time to brainstorm strategies and see if they could develop a viable plan.<\/p>\n<p>The editor emailed me yesterday and said they\u2019ve run the numbers and will meet next week to make a final decision. I have no clue as to the outcome. All I know is that hurting parents need this book. So if you think of it this week, would you pray for the committee and for me?<\/p>\n<p>Pray that\u00a0 they would make the right decision based on the information they\u2019ve gathered. And pray that I would accept their decision with grace and move forward with confidence. Because whatever they decide, I can\u2019t shake the conviction that God has a way for me to minister to those parents and their children. The blood pressure cuff won\u2019t let me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re wondering about the picture, it\u2019s a blood pressure cuff. 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