Brief pre-surgery update

I am writing this from our hotel room in Jacksonville. We are praising God that Sam has been feeling better, and it looks like surgery will happen tomorrow. On Thursday, we finally discovered that his fevers and illness were not from his vaccinations, but from a bad UTI he had! So, we got him started on antibiotics, and that has made a world of difference.

The surgeon said that as long as his fevers went down and stayed down through the weekend the surgery should be able to proceed as planned. Praise God for making that happen! There is still a chance that once they open him up tomorrow they will see too much irritation and inflammation and have to close him up and postpone the surgery anyway. But we are praying that that won't happen, of course.

Tomorrow morning, we'll check in at the hospital at 6:15, and his surgery is scheduled to start at 7:30. It should last for four hours, and he'll have two amazing surgeons working on him. If we can get internet at the hospital, we will do our best to update the blog when we get updates from the nurses. If not, Ben hopes to update tomorrow night when he gets back to the home where he's staying in Jacksonville. We look forward to sharing the good news with you.

For those who read this on Sunday, we'd appreciate your prayers for all three of us to sleep well tonight. It's always harder to sleep in a strange place, and I know my mind will be racing and imagining what may or may not happen tomorrow. Ben and I said at dinner tonight that we are glad Sam doesn't know what's happening tomorrow, so he'll still get a good night's sleep!

We are continuing to trust in God's perfect timing for this surgery, and for Him to heal our precious Sam. We know that even as he is in the surgeons' hands tomorrow, he is ultimately in his Heavenly Father's hands, and that is the best possible place for him to be. We know the Great Physician, and He is worthy of our trust and praise. Thank you all for upholding us in prayer during the days ahead.