Surgery Update - 10:21am (John)

Thanks to all of you who have contacted us about Noah. Your prayers and support have been overwhelming. For all of you who have researched and offered advice about his burn - thank you so much! We still have no answer from the hospital. He is scheduled for another MRI in the morning. Pray for his protection.

Noah is in the O.R. presently.  The nurse has contacted us and said he went to sleep just fine and the procedure is going well. They estimate a ten hour surgery. Pray the doctors and staff stay alert, strong, and don't succumb to fatigue.

We will be contacted every 1.5 hours by the nurse for status updates.

Jessica and I have a lot of emails to respond to. We have never experienced such an outpouring of concern and love from our friends and community and even people we have never met. I cannot thank all of you enough. We expect to be here for a while. The doctors have prepared us to expect to stay for weeks to months. We have a room at the Ronald McDonald house. This is an awesome place. If you go to the McDonalds restaurant and have the opportunity to drop some change in the collection box for the house - please do. There are so many families in the same situation as we are staying in this place. Everyone is so overwhelmed and in shock about the crisis surrounding their children that to think about lodging and laundry and food is just to much to handle. This place is an oasis - a God-send!

As we find time we will try to respond to everyone's emails. Thank you for your patience.
 
We also want to thank the Athens News Courier for the story on Noah. To know our community is praying for him is  . . . . I have no words.

As we know more we will update more
Thanks for praying - This is going to make one great God story when it's all over!
John David