Surgery!

Tomorrow, we are taking Will to surgery at Dallas Children's Hospital. This is his latest Bible verse above- the one painted on his bedroom walls and that we have claimed for him from the womb - Psalm 139:14.

We believe Will is fearfully & wonderfully made and though we are very tense and stressed and nervous about his surgery & his recovery, we are placing him back in the hands of his Maker.

Please lift our little guy in your prayers Tuesday (surgery is at 10:45am.)

Our specific requests:

• getting through a morning with a toddler who is not allowed anything but clear liquids. This is tough on a mama to deny her baby food & milk!
• wisdom for the doctors- Will has a narrow airway which makes surgery complicated.
• safety in post-op & recovery - again, the narrow airway makes his recovery complicated as far as eating & breathing go
• peace - handing your child off for surgery is the most difficult thing in the world to do. They give him "happy juice" to ease the separation but, sadly, they don't offer it to parents.
• to be out by Christmas. I'm getting to practice having a thankful heart & there are so many things to be thankful for this week. If I need to, I will practice thankfulness in the hospital for Christmas. However, I really, really, really want to be thankful to be out of there by Christmas!!! ( I am taking our Christmas tree (little one) & advent calendar just in case.) (We expect to only spend one night in the hospital.)
• opportunities- we are taking gift packages to the hospital for other children & nurses spending their Christmas in the hospital. It's tough to see kids with cancer & weary parents - parents who are spending many more days & nights at a hospital than we are are. It's not exactly the "happy" Christmas one imagines and for many fighting scary diseases or terrible injuries, it could be a very difficult Christmas. We are praying for sensitivity towards those families and opportunities.

I will update via twitter on the side of this blog.

Thanks for praying in the midst of this busy season - we are thankful for you!!!