Friends, An employee and friend of ours, has been out sick for the last 2 weeks. His doctor's have not been able to figure out what was wrong with him, until a couple of days ago. They discovered a tumor covered by a large cyst in his brain. The plan was to do exploratory surgery tomorrow (Tuesday 5/6) to figure out what their next step should be. However, they just decided to go in tomorrow around 3PM to remove as much as they can. This sounds good, but it means it is more dangerous. Everyone involved is very concerned now and his whole family will be there tomorrow. It is very serious and there could be complications.Other than a complete healing even before they start, we are praying for a long surgery (approx 5 hrs), because that will mean they can deal with it all at once. If it is a short surgery (approx 2 hrs), then it means they were not able to deal with it all and will have to go in again at a later date.
The good part is that he just got saved a few days ago! He truly had an experience with God and he is talking about the change he has noticed- already! He is concerned that he will be able to keep up this change after he recovers.
Please pray with us and I will keep you posted once we have results. Any biopsy will take a few days to get results, but we should know some immediate things shortly after the surgery (a few hours to a day or so).
God bless you!
2 comments:
Here's the latest on our friend. He just got out of surgery a short while ago. The surgery went about 5 hours and they were able to remove most, but not all of the problem. They discovered the brain is not the source of the tumor and they will be searching for that later (perhaps in his chest?).
He is awake, talking and able to press his hands together- all good signs. The family is a bit relieved, yet still concerned until they know more, which will probably come tomorrow and in the next few days. They have not seen him yet, but will probably be able to soon.
A few of us gathered around our friend today for prayer just before he was taken to be prepped. He has been remarkably upbeat through it all and his family has been a BIG support.
Please keep praying as he is not "out of the woods" yet. I'll post here with updates as I know more.
Today the cat scan was found to be negative. In other words, there is nothing anywhere else! He is "clean."
The doctors have been using words like "amazing" and "unbelievable-" just like we prayed for!
There is about 10% left yet they have to remove from his brain, so there will be another surgery later. But he is sitting up, talking and I would never have believed he just went through brain surgery!
Thanks for your prayers. Please keep them up!
Post a Comment