Surgery is Here! It Has Come.

After waiting close to a year and a half for Corban’s hip surgery, it’s hard to imagine that the time has finally come. Is it really time? It can’t be! I’m not ready! I’ve only had a year and a half to get ready—that’s not long enough.

No amount of waiting or prepping will help. It’s only the Lord and His goodness that will get us through the long journey ahead.  For this surgery is just one of many, and tomorrow’s knife is not the last. One day I will go into more detail about some of the other procedures we are looking at as possibly in Corban’s future, but today, I will focus on tomorrow.

Tomorrow... will be a long day. The surgery itself should take about 7 hours. The hospital stay should be about 4-5 days. The Spica cast and recovery will take 6-12 weeks. And the plates the surgeon will screw into his legs will take 18 months. So, tomorrow... will be a long day.

But it’s already been a long week. To our surprise, Corban wriggled his way off our bed last Tuesday night and into the ER with a broken leg. His leg fractured in two places, so we were sure the surgery that we’ve waited so long for, would be called off. But thankfully, the main place it fractured is approximately where the surgeon would be cutting his femur anyway, so he will still be able to do the surgery! Praise God! And there have already been so many things like this that have happened this week—things that started out very bad and the Lord worked out for good—that I take comfort in knowing He will work this surgery out for good as well. 

That’s not to say we shouldn’t pray! We NEED you to pray tomorrow! Please pray.

Pray that Corban would be the tough guy that he is, and make it through the surgery, anesthesia and recovery. Pray that he would be protected against infection. Pray that the doctor would be well-rested and ready for the long day ahead. Pray for wisdom. Pray for strength. And grace. And strength.