I am not exactly sure what time it was, but I am thinking it was somewhere around 7:00 a.m. Dr. Howery came in to meet me and explain the days proceedings. He also wanted to get some history as to how we had gotten to this point. He said that he was going to try to get several things scheduled but wasn’t for sure if he could get it all accomplished that day. Dr. Howery wanted to get a surgeon to take a biopsy of the sinus cavity and then have it immediately sent to pathology to find out if this was malignant, or benign. If the culture came back malignant then they would need to have another surgeon implant a port. The last step would be to have a bone marrow aspiration done, which he could do himself. Many people needed to be available all at the same time, but he would try his best to get it all pulled together some time that day.Our pediatrician called to see how things were going and he had already gotten the latest reports. I thought that was sweet, but he couldn’t believe it was 2:00 a.m. before we finally got to our room!Gerald Sanderson (deacon of our church) came by later that morning. While he was there, Dr. Howery came in and told us that he thought he could get all of the surgeons together that day but it would be around noon or after before he could get everyone together. Keith and Janie Martin came up to visit with us and around 11:00 a.m. someone from surgery was waiting at our door to take Michael downstairs! We asked for a few minutes for prayer before they took him and then we all went downstairs. Michael was really scared about going under the anesthesia because he had never had anything like this happen before. We called Gerald to let him know that Michael was already in surgery so he came back to the surgery waiting area with us. A little while later Ramona Brown joined us. When they took us in the counseling room to receive the results of the surgery, Keith and Janie Martin, Gerald Sanderson, and Ramona Brown were with us. The surgeon came in and told us that it definitely was malignant and they were putting the port in him at that moment, then Dr. Howery would be doing the bone marrow aspiration. By this time, God had already shown us what the results would be, but it still didn’t make it any easier having what we already knew, now confirmed. We prayed for quite awhile in that little room. Finally Michael made it out of surgery and we took him back to his room. He was in quite a bit of pain from having the port put in, so they kept him sedated.
Visitors: Keith and Janie Martin, Ramona Brown, Gerald Sanderson, Ron & Jere Watson, Bro. & Sis. Kirkland, Tommy & Rhonda Tackett, Jake & Michelle Tackett, Karen Chatham, The Schoonover Family, and Pete Peterson.Calls: Bro. & Sis. Maxon, Sandy Boatner, Beverly Jones, Uncle Timmy, Grandma, Holly Blake, Aunt Ruby, Grandpa Leo, Arvell & Mary Helen Hubbard
Praise Report: God preformed a miracle by getting all of the Dr.’s together at one time and available to perform the surgeries when needed.
