Monday, October 4, 2010
Fwd: Urgent Prayer Request
Most of you know that Jon has been having trouble with his left shoulder. We saw the orthopedic surgeon two weeks ago and his initial diagnosis was two cortisone shots and rest. He told us if it continued to bother him to get an MRI. We went to have the MRI this morning where I use to work and our radiologist was able to speak with us after the scan. Jon has two tears in the tendons in his shoulder. One is completely torn and the other is partially torn. He also has calcium build up as well as spurs on the bone from his previous 4 wheeling injury. After speaking with the radiologist and our friend who is a physical therapist, it is almost certain that he will have to have surgery. This will be a very painful surgery as well as a very long recovery. They will have to repair the tendons and restore the bone. He is looking at three months of therapy and recovery. As you know in the next 5 months we will be having our second child. This leaves us very little time to operate and heal before the baby comes. We follow up with the surgeon tomorrow morning at 10:30am. Please pray that Jon will be able to have the surgery soon if needed. Also, keep us in your prayers because this will be hard on not only him but the whole family. We feel so blessed to have a great group of people for prayer warriors and in times like these we truly appreciate your prayers.I mentioned yesterday that my grandfather had a rough week last week. He found a cancer on his lip that will be removed Thursday but he also fell from a tree stand in the deer woods. I spoke with my grandmother yesterday and they were in the emergency room. He was in a lot of pain from the fall and not able to sleep. They sent him to Little Rock today and found out he has a cracked vertebrae in his neck, cracked ribs and several deep bruises from the fall. He will have to wear a neck brace and a brace for his ribs for the next 8 to 12 weeks depending on how he heals. Please pray for him and my grandmother as they deal with this situation. He is 87 years old so healing quickly is not really an option. Their names are Robert & Kathleen Miller.Thanks again for your prayers I apologize for the long email. I will email everyone tomorrow to let you know what the doctor says. Have a great week and we will see you on Sunday!Amber
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