Support for Kyle, Gabby and Baby Alba

Kyle and Gabby delivered their precious Alba early on 9/11 under an unforeseen medical emergency. Due to complications during delivery, Kyle, Gabby, and their family are facing unbearable grief. (Attached below is the full story from Gabby).  My hope is that we can come together to help alleviate the medical and funeral costs. Let's give them the space and ability to take time to heal together. 

*Our final update.




"Alba passed away in the arms of Kyle and I earlier today. She was held and loved on until her last breath, right into the arms of her creator and Lord. We are absolutely beyond repair right now.




While we are irreversibly broken, we held onto Alba and praised the Lord. He gave us a beautiful child for 9 months in my belly and 4 days earth side. The rest of our time on earth may drag on without her, but really it is only but a blink of an eye compared to the eternity we get to spend with her in heaven. Thank you Jesus for taking my own sins so that I may be able to lean into knowing that big truth. God is still good. God is still faithful. He turns all that is bad into good.




“The Lord is near the brokenhearted; he saves those crushed in spirit.” Psalms 34:18




“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” Matthew 5:4




“For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is going to be revealed to us.”Romans 8:18




Thank you for all of the incredible love, support and prayers for our baby girl Alba the past 4 days. The outreach our prayer request has reached is astonishing. We are still so so speechless. We will never be able to thank each and every one of you enough but THANK YOU. There were many points when we were piggy-backing off the faith you all had during this time. Even now, we will look at your kind words for continued comfort that Alba was already so cared for and loved by many.




-Kyle + Gabby

 

 

With huge grief and sadness and every other emotion, my husband Kyle and I are asking every Christian and church we know to please pray for our sweet newborn baby daughter Alba.

 

Wednesday night we came in to get induced early at 37 weeks due to a health diagnosis of Cholestasis. Our baby Alba was still healthy but due to the risk of her potentially not staying healthy the later I went into pregnancy, it was best to get her out into the world 3 weeks early. We began our long 2 day process of being induced until late Friday night when it was time to push. I pushed and pushed for hours but finally, my midwife said that there is a reason that I can’t get her to progress enough. Alba was positioned in a kinked fashion and facing “up” towards my pelvis instead of down away from it. We decided to use what they call is a vacuum to assist in getting her out but after reaching the limit of 3 attempts, her head was coming halfway out and then would suck back in causing zero progress. The doctors and nurses were so confused. At this point, it was best to move forward with a c-section and get this baby into the world. The entire time of this entire induction we had been fetal monitoring her and making sure she was still ok. Even on our way to the OR and in the OR, our heart rate was good. When they performed the c-section and pulled her out, every health care provider in the OR was shocked when Alba wasn’t breathing. They immediately called a code and began chest compressions on her for 20 minutes and then intubated her and brought her to the NICU. I was blacking in and out, puking, heavily shaking and unable to move any part of my body during all of this but I could hear everything when I wasn’t blacking out. I heard my poor husband Kyle trying to ask questions in a panic but not wanting to distract the health care providers. He was so torn in deciding to leave with the team and Alba to the NICU but being so upset to leave me. I heard his sobs next to me when he asked if she was going to live. I couldn’t move or talk or even fully process. He had to continue carrying this alone until I woke up in recovery and then share the hard news with me about our baby girl.

 

Right now, Alba has made progress since being born in the condition she was in but is not doing well. We are in need of a miracle for her health and life that we know our God can do. He is faithful! He is so so good. We come pleading for prayer for our baby daughter. She is so precious and amazing and so incredibly strong already. Please pray for God to completely turn her around for a healthy happy life. Please pray for Kyle and me. May our faith stand firm even if it’s only the size of a mustard seed. Pray for our marriage, as we know we are so strong together but understand that trauma hits at varying times and in ways the enemy likes to plan cleverly. We are currently still in the hospital while I recover but our families have stepped up to continue watching our 3 foster toddler daughters (ages 3,2,1) while we get a hotel after my discharge to spend the week at the NICU as much as possible. Right now I just can’t face going home to an empty nursery, to the empty bassinet next to my bed, to the “welcome home Alba” chalk in the driveway, or answering innocent toddler questions about their sister."