Roman's Memorial Service

Friday, September 3rd at 7:00 pm 

Covenant Church Chapel

Located in The Covenant Life Centre

2644 East Trinity Mills Road

Carrollton, TX. 75006

Our hearts hurt today as we grieve the loss of Roman but find comfort in all of your kind words and knowing he is with Jesus completely healed.  

Several of you have asked about giving towards Roman's Memorial.  Two people have kindly set up ways to give, please see the links below if you would like to donate in lieu of flowers.

Donations can be given through Harvest Church at:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=ESGTRGF5SMEQJ

or

Feroz Hasan at:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=VLG4D8TJKD5BJ

As soon as we have the details for Roman's service we will be sending an update.  

8-26-10

At 1:16 am this morning our sweet baby Roman went to be with Jesus.  Even though we are hurting and have been praying for his healing we know that ultimately he got his complete healing.  We are all grateful for the 3 weeks we had to be with Roman on this earth, and look forward to the day we will see him again.  He had such a sweet spirit and is truly loved by so many, he has made his place in our hearts forever.

We can never say thank you enough to our family, friends, loved ones, and even people who didn't personally know our families who have continued to pray and send their love and support.  Pray for strength for the families and for healing for TaNia and Saleem.

Roman is a blessed little boy to call Heaven his home!

Psalm 116:15

"Precious in the sight of the Lord is the home going of his saints"

Day 20

We received the results from Romans MRI, they came back the same as his other reports.  His brain is not producing any good brain waves.  At this point TaNia and Saleem are ready to hand the situation over to the Lord, pray they have God's peace to comfort them. We know that God has a plan and a reason why, even when we can not see it or understand, we trust in Him.  We still believe that God can heal Roman at any time, and continue to pray for his healing.

We need Gods love to surround TaNia and Saleem and to be with our sweet baby Roman and for His grace to cover all of Romans family.

Thank you for staying faithful with your prayers, they mean everything.

Sweet Baby Roman :)

Day 18

Tomorrow morning Roman is scheduled for another MRI, we are continuing to pray for his brain activity to be restored.  Without a miraculous change in the days ahead TaNia and Saleem will be faced with hard decisions.  They will need God's Grace to cover them, we have never had to lean on God more than we have now.  We know Roman and his family have been covered by your prayers and we are so amazed to see how many people have come together to help us fight for his life.  Please keep praying!

Psalm 103:1-4 

Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me,

Bless His holy name!

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits toward Roman;

...who heals all Roman's diseases,

Who redeems Roman's life from destruction,

Who crowns Roman with lovingkindness and tender mercies

Day 16

Roman has grown 3 inches and weighs a little over 8 pounds!  He looks like a big boy compared to the other babies in the NICU, they are mostly premies.  We will post more pics soon!  He's so beautiful! 

He was able to have his EEG yesterday morning, we have not received results from the test yet.  The nurse did come in yesterday evening and gave Roman more of his seizure medicine :( she said they did not have full results but it looked like there had been more seizure activity on his EEG so they wanted to put him back on the medicine to prevent anymore.  TaNia and Saleem have decided to send the results of the EEG and MRI to a Children's hospital to get a second opinion.  This may take a couple of days but they want to be confident that they have done all they can before making any further decisions.  Today has been a hard day, we are all so emotionally exhausted, especially TaNia and Saleem.  We are living on your continued prayers for our strength. Even when we sometimes feel like there is nothing left to do, we have to trust that he CAN!  

Matthew 19:26

With God all things are possible!

2 Weeks

Today has been 2 weeks since Roman was born!  The days are going by fast but it still feels like we've been waiting forever!

We have been waiting for his Phinabarb levels to lower from the medicine he was on so that he can have another EEG test.  They checked again this morning and they were at 16.9 and need to be at 15, so they have moved the EEG again until tomorrow.

Everyone is asking how they can help, but the best way is for you to keep praying! 

We will keep you updated as information comes in.

*Keep the Faith*

Monday Night

In the morning Roman will be checked to see if his blood levels are okay, if they are they will run another EEG test around noon. Pray for Roman, it is hard to see his sweet body being put through all of this.  His lungs are not doing very well by continuing to stay on the ventilator.  We don't want TaNia and Saleem to be forced to make any hard decisions about Roman's life, we are putting him in the hands of God.  He knows our prayers and that we want him here with us, we are praying that God would start to show us his healing powers in Roman's body.   

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvIEJ_PmqJ8

HE is our Healer!

Day Eleven

I know everyone has been checking the blog (Thank You) and there hasn't been an update for a couple of days, I'm sorry.  It's hard to write something when there isn't anything to say...

There have not been many changes in Romans body, they took him off of the seizure meds so that they could do another EEG on Tuesday, they may have to put him back on it though today due to some spasms that are happening. That would mean they could not do the EEG.  We are all in a waiting time, not sure what is going to happen next but still believing that every step of the way God's hand is on him.  It's been a week and a half since Roman was born, it's getting harder every day because we are all becoming so attached to him, I can't imagine how TaNia and Saleem must feel.  

We still have faith that God can completely restore him.  Please continue to pray for Roman and his entire family.  We all need strength right now for each other and for Roman. 

Praying for Restoration

   I was praying with Roman last night and I began to speak the 23rd Psalm over him. As I continued through it my mind went back to verse 3, 'He restores my soul...'. With Tara and TaNia I began to pray over him that he would berestored. The Holy Spirit quickly reminded me of the video I watched earlier in the day of Roman, that I had recorded in the first hour after his birth. In this video he was crying, smiling, looking around and being a healthy newborn. 

   Remember, Roman was born perfectly healthy, he was not born sick. 

   I know a lot of people have been asking how to pray so we can be in agreement. Let's pray that God will restore Roman. 

   "For I will restore health to you and heal you..." - God 

    Jeremiah 30:17

 re·store 

Pronunciation: \ri-ˈstȯr\

Function: transitive verb

Inflected Form(s): re·stored; re·stor·ing

1 : give back, return
2 : to put or bring back into existence or use
3 : to bring back to or put back into a former or original state : renew
4 : to put again in possession of something

synonyms see renew

— re·stor·er noun

-Uncle Dave

I wanted to let everyone know that TaNia and Saleem did not meet with the Dr. today, they will most likely meet with him tomorrow.  I know we have a lot of people praying and believing for Roman and I didn't want you all to go without an update today.

We need everyone to pray for Roman's blood pressure, it started going up and down last night, as of right now it is normal.  He has had some swelling in his body also. So we are still believing for his brain to be completely healed, for him to begin breathing on his own and for his blood pressure and swelling to go down.

Todays date is 8-11
Romans 8:11
"And if the spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised up Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you"

As you continue to pray for Roman's complete healing. Please also pray for TaNia and Saleem tomorrow as they meet with the Dr's that they have the Wisdom of God in these critical moments.

Matthew 19:26
"...with men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible" - Jesus

MRI Results

We received the results from Roman's MRI, they did not come back good. The Dr's are saying that there was severe damage done to both sides of his brain.  They asked TaNia and Saleem what they would like to do and they told the Dr's that it was not time to give up hope.  They did say earlier that Roman's breathing machine level is set at 16 and that it is showing him breathing at 19 so that means he is breathing a tiny bit on his own.

It is time for a miracle in Roman's body.  PLEASE keep believing with us that Roman's body would be miraculously healed.  He needs God to breathe LIFE into his sweet body.

John 11:40
If you believe, you will see the Glory of God - Jesus

Roman with mommy and daddy.

Yesterday when TaNia held Roman for the first time since Wednesday 

Roman 

Pictures

TaNia feeding Roman :)

Monday- 1:55pm

They took Roman back for an MRI around noon, we will have results this afternoon. Pray for a good report! We are all in the chapel now praying and worshipping.

EEG Report

TaNia and Saleem received the results a little while ago, Roman's brain activity was still very low but a little more than it was when he was on the cooling blanket.  He has not shown any more signs of breathing on his own since Friday evening.  We aren't going to let this report cause us to doubt or give up.  TaNia was given a bracelet this week that says keep the faith, and that is what we are doing.

A more positive note TaNia got to hold Roman for the first time since Wednesday night, she was so happy sitting there with him.  He is so precious laying in his mommy's arms.

The Dr.s told them yesterday morning that no matter how long it took they would do everything they can.  So we are not letting them give up.

Roman's going to be a true Miracle, we will all make no mistake that 

God is the one who healed him.

Please pray for Roman to begin breathing on his own, and for his brain to start functioning.  Also pray for TaNia and Saleem's spirits to be lifted, it has been hard for them to ignore the Dr.s reports.

Thank you again to everyone who is praying and telling others to pray.  We will never forget the support we have been shown.

Right now!

They are doing test right now. Dr says his color looks good his heart looks good his kidneys are working, and he went to the bathroom :)! The test will take 11/2 hrs!

Lord, please heal his mind!

Mom woke up with and old song in her heart this morning:
keep believing that what you know is true
keep beliving that you know the Lord will bring you through
when troubles rise in your life and you dont know what to do
don't lose hope, just look up and keep believing

Tonight...

Around midnight they will begin warming Romans temperature, this is the last step in the process, it takes about 6 hours.  He has been on the cooling blanket for 72 hours.  We are praying for a supernatural sign for his healing.  Please pray tonight.

James 5:15

And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up.

   I want to say thank you to everyone who has been praying for our sweet baby Roman, we have people all over the world praying for his healing!  It has been such a comfort knowing that this precious new creation has an army of believers speaking life over him.

   Roman was born on Wednesday August 4th at 11:59am!  Just a few weeks early due to his mom (my sister) TaNia's high blood pressure.  He weighed 7lbs 5oz and was 18 inches long, everything was perfect! Later in the evening Roman stopped breathing, no one is sure why or how long he was without oxygen, he was rushed to the NICU to  be put on the breathing machine.  Because he went without oxygen his body began to be filled with acid. Within a few hours of being resuscitated they transferred him to Dallas Presbyterian hospital to be put on a cooling blanket.  They did not transfer TaNia so Roman's father Saleem along with friends and family have been by his side day and night.  

   By morning the cooling blanket had gotten rid of all acid!  The Dr's concern is with Roman's brain activity, they have run tests but have not yet seen good results.  Thursday morning they also found an irregular heartbeat and so began medicine for that. As of Friday that was working like it was supposed to.

   Friday morning 8-6-10 we began speaking Romans 8:6, To be spiritually minded is LIFE and peace. Friday evening we were told that Roman's breathing machine had picked up irregular patterns, which could mean that he is trying to breath on his own!  THANK YOU JESUS! We know Roman is fighting for his life!  

   This morning (Saturday) TaNia was discharged from her hospital and finally able to be with Roman for the first time since Wednesday night.  She has been so anxious to be with him, it has been a very difficult couple of days being separated and feeling helpless.  

   Around midnight tonight they are planning to begin bringing Roman's body temperature up to normal. This is a six hour process. In this time we are praying and believing for a complete healing in his body. They will be running a specific test again during this time on his brain. We are praying for his brain activity to start functioning normally.  We know that God can turn it all around, Roman will be a living, breathing miracle!  

   Please everyone continue praying for Roman, he is so beautifully perfect laying there, while he was with us on Wednesday we could all sense such a sweet spirit from him.  He is SO loved by so many people.

   Also say a prayer for TaNia and Saleem, they are being so strong but hurting so much.  It's heartbreaking.  

Roman is a fighter!  We believe the report of the Lord!!!