Please Pray for Justus

I have posted on here before about our friends Andy and Sarah who had their son, Justus, 10 weeks early. Justus has been on quite the rollercoaster ride since his entrance into the world from being in the NICU, to Intermediate Care, to having to have 2 different surgeries to get a temporary and then a permanent shunt put into his brain to drain spinal fluid...to finally being able to go home.

Well, we are asking for your continued prayers for Justus and his family. About a week or so ago Sarah noticed Justus's head not looking quite right, so they took him into the ER. He ended up having to have surgery this past Wednesday, I believe, to fix the valve in his shunt. Post-surgery he got a fungal infection, and after a couple days of the new valve working correctly, the shunt stopped working. Yesterday, he had to have yet another surgery (making 4 so far for little Justus) to take the shunt out for a couple of days to try to clear out the infection. The antifungal medicine they have to give him is very harsh and can have severe side effects, but at this point there is no other option as they need to clear out the infection.

Please pray for Justus in this time...for healing that the infection would be cleared, and that they can get the shunt working again when the time is right, and that the antifungal won't have ANY bad side effects on Justus. This is the most difficult trial Sarah and Andy have had to face, as you can imagine...please keep them in your prayers. Thanks so much!