Dear family and friends,Thank you for your prayers and encouragements regarding John's upcoming surgery. John's surgery is May 22nd @ 1:00pm. It is scheduled for four hours since Dr. Allen will be closing the hole in his mouth and revising his cleft lip repair to include the muscle of the upper lip (his original repair was done in China and they only repaired his lip cosmetically rather than functionally). At four and 1/2 years old, this will be John's seventh time under general anesthesia. And from what we were told by the surgeon, there is an 80% chance that the hole in the back of his throat will close correctly this time.
Your continued prayers are appreciated. We will be using this blog to communicate updates and specifics.Our main prayer needs currently are:
- For the hole in the back of the throat to stay closed and his lip to be successful.
- No complications during and after surgery
- For wisdom and creativity in meeting his emotional needs - John is VERY fearful of any medical intervention due to prior experiences.
- That he would not regress emotionally or in his attachment to us (this has happend after his previous major surgeries).
Thank you to your prayers and support.Sincerely,Laurie and Ron
PS. Since we haven't updated is so long, I thought I would post some recent photos taken during our ministry trip to Budapest, Hungary.
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| John took advantage of his Mom and Dad's attention being directed to shopping for T-shirts rather then keeping an eye on him in the store. This is his favorite photo from our trip! |
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| Avoiding bedtime... |
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| Making Mommy laugh, which he does often! |
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| So proud to have matching shirts with Daddy. Instead of using the word "matching", he refers to it as "same, same"! |
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| John - expressing his usual happy disposition. |
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