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Dandelion_Wine
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My son is having surgery today. He’s getting 4 plates put into each knee and a screw in each foot. His surgery is 2pm central time.
Thanks!
Thanks!
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Great news, prayers said for thanksgiving, for a fast recovery with as little discomfort as possible.Thank you all for your prayers!!!
His surgery went very well. He’s in high spirits and so far has minimal pain.
The doctor came in and re-evaluated him before surgery. He decided to play it conservatively and just do the feet. He thinks that by fixing the feet, doing physical therapy, and that he’s got plenty of growing left to do, that all that should help the knee situation. My son was relieved and my wife and I were too.
Because it was just the feet, the surgery went quicker and we ended up getting home hours before we thought we would.
God also gave us a welcomed surprise. After they took our son, my wife and I headed down to the cafeteria. As we were exiting the elevator, my cousin was just about to get on the other elevator. He works for the State Department and is stationed in Rwanda but is back for two weeks and decided to surprise us with a visit. It was a welcome distraction and kept our mind off what was going on in surgery.
Pain is just now starting to kick in. Hopefully it will be manageable.
We were fortunate enough to have a priest come and administer the Anointing of the Sick on Monday. I prepped my son and told him all about it. He asked what’s it for. I told him more about it and also mentioned that on rare occasions that sometimes the person is healed of their sickness or injury.
Well after the doctor gave us the good news about doing just the feet and not the knees, my son told me we’ll have to tell Fr. John that it worked!![]()