Many thanks for your prayers for me over the past few days.
On Tuesday, September 30, I had lower back fusion surgery at Parkview Ortho Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
My surgeon said that the procedure went well. He successfully removed two severely degenerated discs (L4-L5 and L5-S1) and replaced them with a medical device known as a “cage” filled with bone marrow extracted from my pelvic bone.
Over the next several months, Lord willing, the transplanted bone will fuse together the existing vertebrae and stabilize the spine.
This is the grace of God on display through modern medicine. Amen?
My prayer continues to be “God’s will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”
After three days in the hospital, I am recovering at home with the world’s best nurse (my wife Julie), resting and managing the discomfort of a procedure that required 35 staples to close 5 incisions. I will start physical therapy next week to regain strength and mobility.
I am asking that you keep praying for me as the healing process continues in the months to come.
May God’s presence and peace be my portion.
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