Please Pray for Shane Curtis Logan...

***UPDATE 11:00PM EST:  This update was provided this afternoon by Lindsay Logan's sister, Jessica: baby Shane update(my brother Scott Logan & sister Lindsay Gray Logan): He's out of surgery! Went well!! Sending the lobe out to lab to check it out. Re-inflated his lung & it's holding! They are saying he should recover just fine & it's really good news! Thank you God! Surgeon reported: minimal blood loss, able to remove by scope, hoping to extubate tomorrow and start feeds again, and be released before the dr. returns from vacation in 10 days. Praising God for good report- anxious to see him!***  Thank you so much for praying!!!

***UPDATE 2:45PM EST: Shane is out of surgery, and the doctors determined it was successful!  He is currently recovering, so please continue to pray as he heals from the surgery and continues to work through this situation.  Another praise is that Scott received a call this morning, offering him a job as an associate pastor at a church in PA (a job for which he has been in the process of applying for quite some time).  Thank you for your continued prayers for Shane and for his family.***

~Shane getting ready to transfer~

~Shane on his birthday~

***Original Post: Shane Curtis Logan was born on July 18th, weighing 5lbs. 11oz. and reaching 19" long.  He is the third child of Scott Logan (a friend of mine from college) and his wife, Lindsay and has a sister and brother who are anxious to meet him.  Shane was born a few weeks early and quickly began demonstrating breathing issues and was admitted to the NICU at a hospital in Reading, PA.  Over the course of the next couple of days, he continued to decline, requiring more drastic measures to be taken in order to help his lungs, and he was placed on a ventilator and then later a chest tube was inserted.  Through the last few weeks, Scott and Lindsay have battled differences of opinion among their medical staff and have watched Shane be pushed in areas, only to have him fail and have chest tubes taken out and reinserted at various times along with other issues.  Last week, they discovered cysts on his lungs through a CT scan; and due to the nature of the issue and the dissatisfaction with the medical care Shane was receiving, he was transferred to St. Christopher's Hospital in Philadelphia.  There are many more details~so much happens in just one hour in the NICU sometimes, let alone a full day or night or a few weeks; but the critical point is that Shane has entered surgery this morning to remove a portion of his lung that has the cysts.  The doctors are hopeful that this will help solve his issues; but only time will tell how he will respond to this form of treatment.

Please pray earnestly for this sweet little baby who is fighting so hard for life.  Scott and Lindsay are full of tremendous faith and trust in God, but this does not make their days shorter or their nights easier as they ride the NICU roller coaster with their precious baby.  Please also pray for Shane's siblings, David and Piper, who are very young themselves and probably struggling in their own ways to understand the situation in which their family currently stands.

~Scott, Lindsay, David, and Piper Logan (a few months before Shane's arrival)~

If you would also like to help in another way, a website (Standing with Shane) has been set up for donations to help the Logan family during this time.  Thankfully, Shane's medical care is covered; but Scott has been out of work for several months, and multiple expenses arise during a situation like this, especially since they have had to travel away from home.  I will update with details as they become available, but thank you for your faithful prayers for this family who is endeavoring to be a shining light for Christ as they fight for life with their son.