Day 8 - June 23 - The First Hurdle Has Been Cleared!

Eric just called and asked me to post the news...

Connor's first hurdle has been cleared! This is a direct answer to the prayers you all have been lifting up.

Here's what happened... This morning Joélle went into visit with Connor and saw that he no longer had the halo on his head. She said the neurosurgeon was in the room and he told her that they had taken him out of traction in order to prepare for the surgery tomorrow. He also told her that the traction had not worked properly and that they would need to manually attempt to reposition the vertebrae.

Joélle quickly went to find Eric & Cherié so they could speak with the neurosurgeon directly, but even though they raced back into Connor's room, the doctor was nowhere to be found.

So they began talking to Connor, singing, praying, etc. and after 15 minutes or so, the doctor came back into the room. Apparently he had seen the latest X-ray, because he said something like, "sometime in the last couple of hours his neck has moved back into place." From the time they had taken his halo off, the bones had adjusted back where they need to be!

This is an amazing answer to prayer!

They are still planning on surgery for sometime on Tuesday to stabilize his neck (both front and back), but the fact that the bones are back where they need to be is a huge hurdle that Connor has cleared. We know there are many more hurdles coming, but please offer your prayers of thanksgiving and then pray for the upcoming surgery, etc.

Thanks,

Kent

Virginia