We are the Champions

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Saturday, January 26, 2008

11 hours

11 hours is how long Chris was in surgery. but praise God, He truly answered the prayers of all of you. The first 7 hours was doing the knee. There was concern that there may be cancer on the femur prosthetic, but praise our God, it was clear. The knee was replaced and all looked good. The next 4 hours was taking out the lymph node. This turned out to be a bit complicated, the femoral artery was being pushed by the enlarged lymph node, so the surgeon had to do a patch, which ment he had to cut the artery and patch it with a vessel from another location. It "just so happened" that the best vascular surgeon in the hospital was next door, just getting ready to do a surgery. He was just getting ready to start, when they realized the situation with Chris. He was available at the exact time he was needed. God's complete provision. Unknown to us, there was concern that the cancer had invaded the vascular system. Praise God this was not so. We are so filled with joy in the Lord's provision. All the concerns were obliterated under the mighty hand of our God. We truly believe it was the prayers of all of you, His saints, that moved the hand of God. What a testimony to the power of prayer. We hope you are all encouraged in your faith knowing it truly was your obedience to pray that brought God's help to us. We have no doubt about that!

The surgeon, himself a believer listens to Christian music while he does his surgery. He himself said that the many miraculous things happened during the surgery. He was obviously pleased when he finished.

Right now Chris is in a lot of pain. But he looks good, it will take some time but we know God is healing his body as we speak. We covet your continued prayers for complete healing, especially no infection - always a concern with such a big surgery.

We will continue to keep you updated. Praise the Lord! He is GOOD!!!
Blessings ~ The Champions - all of us

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

After praying for you off and on throughout the day I am grateful and relieved that the surgery went well. Perhaps in some ways better than expected. Our Lord answers out prayers in such amazing ways. I hope and pray that the pain recedes quickly and look forward to seeing you soon

Unknown said...

Rejoicing with you and PRAISING the KING!!

Anonymous said...

That is awesome news. What a relief.

Stephanie

Emily said...

Even though I knew most of those details already, reading this made me so happy it's almost ridiculous. God is so good that there are no words for it. Praise and glory to him forever and ever... =)

Anonymous said...

Shannon and I are very happy for you all, especially for Chris. What a brave kid he is. Our hearts go to your family. Now we are praying for a fast, successful and full recovery.

Shannon and Farid

Anonymous said...

Thanks be to God who knows all things! We are so thankful that God had Chris' operation taken care of before they even started.

We do serve an awesome God.

We will be praying for Chris and the rest of your family!

Love,

Jim and Ginny Smith