Kodi Update/Prayer Requests

Kodi is doing well. All of her tumors have shrunk significantly. Tomorrow is the big day. She has surgery tomorrow to remove what's left of the tumors. The big concern right now is that there is a very good chance she will lose her L kidney when they remove the tumor b/c of where the tumor is. Pray for steady hands for the doctors, calmed nerves for Tracy and Tracy and the girls, and for good pain control for Kodi. Often times that is one of the hardest things for post-op kiddos is being able to get their pain under control.

Secondly, please be praying for my friend Cali. She has an AV malformation in her brain that they found back in May. Since then she has had 3 different surgeries to embolize (cut off blood to) the area and she was supposed to have surgery today to remove the malformation. Her surgeon called her last night and due to some complications with scheduling, his partner was not going to be able to be in the OR today and he and his partner don't do these type surgeries without both of them in the OR, so they had to reschedule her surgery for Aug. 9. To make matters even more stressful, her husband coaches football at SFA and their players report to camp on Aug. 10. Cali really wanted to get this surgery done sooner rather than later so that Jake would have to miss as little of football stuff as possible, but God obviously has different plans. Pray for patience and peace for Cali. She's like me, she's a worrier, and so this whole process has been VERY stressful for her. Pray for Jake that he is able to discern where his time needs to be spent at each moment, whether it be with Cali or in the office/on the football field.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts and prayers for Jake and Cali and for Tracy and Tracy and Kodi and Maegan.