Here's where we are....

Thank you, thank you for the prayers today....I have never experienced the work of Christ so evidently through His people as I have this week. You have been a blessing and I have felt the peace of God all around. The emails, the cards, the calls, the verses, the offers to help us....we are so grateful and I have no words to express how overwhelmed and humbled I am that you are choosing to pray for us and Mary Graham.

Her cast procedure went smoothly and we are now home. We are so thankful God protected her. She is pretty uncomfortable and it will take some time to get used to it, as it is rather heavy and bulky. But we continue to pray that her sweet spirit will remain and God will calm her as she (and us) adjusts to this new change.

The orthopedist came and talked to us after the procedure. He told us that her back is still very stiff, even under the anesthiesia, and he is doubtful that the cast is going to correct her scoliosis....so this was pretty discouraging to hear. It is still going to be very hard to fix as she grows. So, he wants her to remain in the cast for a month and then we will reevaluate her response to the cast and make a determination as to whether additional casting would be beneficial. If not, the other options may include a couple of different surgical procedures - - a growth rod or fusion of the (back) bones, both of which would have some complications.
However, he did a special "dye" test on her hips and he said they appeared better than they had in the MRI taken a few months ago. So, he wants to do surgery in a few months that will involve adjusting her hip ligaments and bones to hopefully create a type of hip socket.  This type of surgery would result in MG being in a cast from her chest down and both legs (for a few months).

Kind of a lot to absorb in one day!

So, here is where we are......tired, relieved, thankful and a little disheartened about the future. Please continue to pray that the scoliosis will be corrected in her cast, that we adjust to it quickly, and for clarity for the upcoming decisions about her treatment.

The verse I have held to from the beginning of all this...
"Call to me and I will answer you, and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know." Jeremiah 33.3

Pray that we look to Him for the answers and our faith holds strong during the storms. He is mighty and can calm the storms and we ask you to continue to pray for her healing. We rest in our God who knows what the future holds for MG even though we don't. Our hope remains in Christ and we continue to praise Him, even when it's tough, and are so thankful for Mary Graham's life.