Prayers for Successful and Healthy Surgeries

The next few months will be riddled with many beloved family members having surgery. It all begins with Abbie on 9/11. She will have outpatient bi-lateral inguinal hernia surgery up at Primary Children's Medical Center. Knowing Abbie, she will be her usual wild, crazy and extremely active self within hours of her surgery!

On September 15th my beautiful mom Judy, will have spinal fusion surgery on her L4 and L5 vertebrae. She has been in a lot of pain this past year and I hope her three hour surgery at the Sacred Heart Medical Center in Eugene, Oregon, will bring her much needed relief and renewed hope. I know mom can't wait to be up and hiking and birding again - pain free! If anyone knows of any good books, let me know. I am sure mom will be doing a lot of reading during these next several months as she recovers from her major surgery. God bless you mom and we love you!

On November 13th, Abbie will be back up at Primary Children's Medical Center for her second (of many) cleft palate surgeries. Dr. Morales said the roof of her mouth is looking good and the prothsesis seems to be doing it's job. It is now time to begin surgically repairing muscles and building her an actual palate. I am sure she will be in a lot of pain, but again, this is Abbie! She will, with no doubt, recover very fast! All in all, Abbie will probably have somewhere between 15 and 20 surgeries when all is done. We love you little Abbie!

Please keep the Linne-Laughlin and Coryell families in your prayers!