's Update

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Hello Everyone:I want to thank all you again for your prayers and encouragement. came to STL being very positive because she has so many of you who care. Saturday night was amazing and the laying of hands and prayer will be something she will always remember.I will try to catch you up on what has happened so far. I know many of you already know allot of this but there may be some who don't. We arrived Mon. AM for all of her final testing and walk through the final registration. C had a problem with her blood platelet as the number was too high from several weeks ago. There was a chance that we would not be proceeding. We made some calls for some prayers on that and the afternoon test came in close enough to

proceed!We arrived at 5:15 AM Tues. They took her into surgery at 7 and began officially at 7:30 and the surgery lasted until 3:15. She was in recovery until 8:30 and we finally got to her room. It took several hours for the staff to get everything worked out to where the oxygen monitor wasn't going off all the time plus getting things right on pain control.....u know all that stuff they do! Things calmed down about 10:30 and they had given her extra pain, muscle relaxer, stomach pills plus Xanax. She slept pretty well all night getting periods of sleep of maybe 30-40 minutes at a time before she would wake or be woken. The doctor had contacted me several times through the day. Things went well and the operation did not last as long as they thought. They had her old Harrington rods out by 10AM. At 6:15 this morning they got her out of bed and she stood on her own without any support. She walked

sideways a couple steps each way. Dr. Bridwell was very pleased. C didn't udder a sound of pain she is such a trooper!  She walked 2 more times this afternoon to the wall and back. Her main issue now is just to get days behind her so that she is not in so much pain! did say when she stood the first time that she thought the pain in her back was gone! It is hard to tell for sure because of the surgery pain but she thinks so. We know that God's hand has been on this for some time now. We give Him all glory and praise for this miracle and may it be a testament to Him! Even down to getting a single room (we were told yesterday that we wouldn't get one and were surprised to find that upon arrival we had one! They don't allow overnight family on doubles...only singles)!That's about everything for now. I will do a shorter update tomorrow. God bless you

all.Dan