Rotating Surgery Schedule

Hey everyone ... here we are nearing the end of May ... I can hardly believe we are nearing the half-way mark of 2017!!

Did you know that in the eighteen months since adopting the boys, we have had over 150 visits to Children's Hospital and we have gone through seventeen surgeries.  I don't know ... I kind of think that is a lot.  I definitely FEEL like it has been a lot ... LOL!!  

In fact, we have had a surgery every month so far in 2017?  TRUTH!!  

Actually, in January, we had two surgeries, Rees in the beginning of the month and Jonah towards the end of the month.

Then in February, Rees had three (YEP THREE) surgeries ... EEK!!!

In March, Jonah had one surgery.

It was Brynn's turn in April with one surgery and that brings us to May, this month, ... this week, actually.  We've just sort of been on a rotating surgery carousel.

Tomorrow, this guy --> 

... he will have his sixth surgery since coming to the USA.  He is having another round of steroidal injections into his hypertrophic scars.  Folks, these injections are working!  The scars are flattening and even lightening just a bit.  This should be another day surgery, in ... out ... and back to school the next day.  It still makes him a little nervous so please keep him in your prayers.

Then there's this little guy -->

He will be having his twelfth surgery on Wednesday.  Yes, he has had twice as many surgeries as Jonah.  This week, Rees will have his distractors removed and they will place permanent hardware due to the fact that his skull has not yet regenerated enough bone to be stable enough without hardware.    In addition to that, the surgeon is going to attempt to remove as much of the tumor (that continues to grow) as he can.  That pesky tumor continues to grow and create some problems for Rees.

My ASK would be that all of you who pray would PRAY HARD that this tumor will not continue to grow, that God would allow the surgeon to remove it all, that it would not continue to generate new cells.  

Please also PRAY that Rees does not have any complications or issues during the surgery as he so often does.  We want a smooth, safe, and successful surgery!  

We'll keep you posted!!