Major Surgery Again...

Friends,

Only a few hours after Robin posted the blog about Noah doing better, she was told Noah was restricted from food and water to prepare for a possible surgery. That surgery has now been confirmed and will take place sometime tomorrow (Fri, July 29th). Please pray that it will be early, as Noah stopped eating at 5pm and is already back in hunger/thirst pain.

The surgery will be open chest, unfortunately. The problem is fluid collection on the lower back portion of his heart, and they cannot remove this via a heart cath. So, the breathing tube (respirator) will be re-inserted and Noah will come out of the procedure with another chest tube (and back into ICU).

This feels like a "sucker punch" to us all. Robin was told by a nurse, "You won't be going home anytime soon, I'm afraid." But, like we've learned in the past 18 difficult months, we'll just take it day-by-day (or perhaps hourly?).

Jesus said (Rev 22:13):

"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end."

That puts us 'somewhere in the middle', so although we don't know what the next hour brings, Jesus Christ does because He is timeless. So we will put our trust with Him and appreciate your prayers to Him on our behalf.

Adam (& Robin)

PS. Perhaps we'll have an update by mid-afternoon (EDT), Friday.