Dear FReeper Prayer Warriors, thank you all so very much for your prayers. Our family is truly grateful.
Jak’s surgery went according to plan. We were blessed with an excellent heart surgeon who has performed many of these procedures. The surgery is called the Blaylock-Taussig procedure (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blalock-Taussig_shunt). It was featured in the movie “Something the Lord Made” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_the_Lord_Made), a wonderful movie which we owned on DVD before any of this started (another God shot).
The next 24 hours are very critical as Jak’s body learns to adapt to the foreign object that was placed in his body. But I know that thanks to the power of prayer, Jak will be ok.
His next surgery will be in 3 to 6 months, also open-heart. Same surgeon. I will continue to update, and will try to get some pictures of him online soon.
Thank you, thank you, thank you all so very much. I know that God loves it when His children (us) come together in His name.
Bless you all.
Prayers for healing lifted.