Your heart-warming emails are truly being used by God to encourage both Faith and me. We are seeing answers to your prayers. The verse found in Jer. 33:3 says, "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not." You have "called upon God" and He is answering.
We asked you to pray about the pain that Faith is experiencing, wisdom to know which surgery option to go with and which to do first, the neck or the wrist, and Gods sustaining grace for both Faith and me.
You "called" and this is how God is answering.
Faith is now on a better pain medication regimen that is providing relief from the intense pain that she was experiencing. This one does not have the negative side effects that the other had. (PTL) Wow! this is a tremendous relief for both of us and we recognize that God is behind this discovery.
Yesterday we visited with the doctor that did both of her back surgeries in the past. He’s the one that will do her neck surgery as well. As we watched him carefully looking over the MRI and EMG results and X-rays and then examined Faith’s neck and range of movement, we were keenly aware that he was not "on his own" as he was deciding what needed to be done and when. He deliberated long and thoughtfully. While he was intently looking at the X-rays Faith leaned over to me and whispered, "This is the wisdom we’ve all been praying about." I nodded in affirmation. He then informed us that the surgery that Faith needs is very extensive and is basically two surgical procedures in one. IThey will have to go in the front — turn her over and then place the rods in the back of the neck. These surgeries will likely take six months to heal (much like her previous two back surgeries) and he recommended that we get the wrist surgery done first, since she will probably recuperate faster from that and will get some relief sooner. Both Faith and I are accepting this recommendation as God’s nod of approval. Thank you!
Faith is now scheduled to have "total wrist FUSION" ( NOT wrist replacement) for the 8th of August. We were hoping that she could have it sooner, but this is the first date open. We are finding the adjustments to the limited use that she has of her hands, to be manageable. God is giving both of us increasing understanding for one another. I want to ask you to pray for me that I will be increasingly "tender" with my precious wife in proportion to her needs. I love her deeply.
At this time, we do not know when she will have the neck surgery. It will likely be about 8 weeks after the wrist surgery. Much depends on her physical condition after the wrist operation —- healing time and physical strength.
So, you have called — THANK YOU — He has answered — THANK YOU GOD — and He is showing us Great and Mighty things. Praise Him!!!
Together In His Service,
Paul and Faith
PS — God blessed us by allowing our daughter’s two sons, JJ and Caleb, to spend a week with us before Matt and Starr (Arnold — missionaries in Mexico) arrived to spend another week with us. It was a pure JOY to have them here. (Even though they were physicially challenging days). Starr and Matt are trying to work out the details for Starr to come to help, hopefully, at the time of the wrist surgery! What a blessing!
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