Dear Friends,
Thank you for your faithful prayers for Melissa. Thanks to your prayers and support, her 18th surgery went very well last Wednesday.
We checked into CHOC last Wednesday morning at about 7:30 a.m. and went through all of the required pre-operation examinations. At about 10:30 she was anesthetized and the surgery began at 10:45. The surgery lasted about two and a half hours and was completed by 1:15 p.m. She remained in recovery until about 3:00 p.m. and then was transferred to her room. When she awoke, she was in some pain but, praise the Lord, the pain did subside. Melissa was discharged Thursday afternoon. At her doctor visit on Friday everything was fine. We will visit the doctor again this Thursday (2/4).
During the surgery, the doctor inserted a tiny telescope through her mouth into her throat. Then, he cut her neck skin about 10 cm to cover the hole and stitched the opening to close it.
Once again, thank you for your prayers. Please continue to pray for Melissa as she still faces two more surgeries: the first to close the G-tube hole in her stomach, and the second to replace her damaged heart valve.
Emmanuel,
Michael & Marlene
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
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