Tomorrow's Surgery

We learned today that T's surgery will be the first one Thursday morning. We will check in at 5:15 in the morning. Yeah... Surgery is a couple hours (or less) later. They still really don't know what they are going to find and basically presented us with four scenarios. I won't go into the details but for those who are praying for us, please pray for the least invasive possibility. We know the nodule has to come out. We know the doctor is going to take a piece of nerve in order to rule out any cancer, even if he doesn't see that it is involved. This is going to result in numbness in his cheek, upper right lip, and possibly part of his nose. It all depends how much has to be taken. So pray for the least amount of surgery possible. The initial surgery should take about two hours - it's the plastic surgery that could take an additional eight hours or more. 


Now for some good news: our older son, Scott, is coming tonight. After hearing what we face tomorrow, I think our sons started talking to each other and decided that mom shouldn't be here alone for this initial ordeal. Bless his heart, he canceled a ton of stuff to be with us for two days, then he'll fly home to become Mr. Mom while his wife heads to KC to help her sister hopefully come home from the hospital, after having very serious complications post-childbirth.  Brian emailed and offered to come once Scott leaves, but he lives in France! Hopefully there will be no reason for that kind of sacrifice! I can't express how grateful I am to my boys for their care. I know the Lord would help me get through this but to have their support is just amazing! 


So please pray for the easiest result possible. God bless you!