This morning the decision was made to take Samuel back into surgery. We have been waiting all day to be squeezed into the OR schedule. Samuel has been NPO for over 20 hours.
We just got word that they will be bringing Samuel down to pre-op at about 6:45 p.m. The transplant surgeons will re-open his midline incision that is just healing from his December 7th nephrectomy. They will perform an exploratory laparotomy (abdominal surgery) with the expectation that they will wash out the infected area and investigate other pockets of fluid near his spleen and transplanted kidney. They are also planning to do a biopsy of the kidney. I was told to expect it to be several hours before we can connect up with Samuel again in the ICU.
We covet your prayers.
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We really are hoping that this is a minor setback and that Samuel can recover quickly and completely. I know it must be hard for him to keep up his spirits, but tell him we're all praying for him.
Dear Samuel and Nancy,
This is hard news indeed and our hearts are eager to rush you strong and healthy back to Fanny Allen and quickly home sweet home.
Your courage and trust in the Lord's big plan is continuing to strengthen our resolve to be brave in our smaller trials. May this surgery give the needed answers on the way to Samuel's healing and recovery.
A dear friend recently encouraged me on a sad day with this quote: "God uses broken things. It takes broken soil to produce a crop, broken clouds to give rain, broken grain to give bread, broken bread to give strength. It is the broken alabaster box that gives forth perfume. It is Peter, weeping bitterly, who returns to greater power than ever."-Havner
thanks for sharing everything.
where there is Love, there is hope.
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