prayer report & request

Prayer Partners,

 Hi Everyone,

 

I received the following letter from Rachel and Brad regarding Edward:

 

 Edward is doing very well 7 Days post operation.  He is now without tubes and wires with the exception of the blood pressure cuff and oxygen saturation monitor.  Those two are really only on him at different times during the day after they give him blood pressure medication to monitor his response for 2 hours.
 
Edward's condition to cause the surgery was 2 fold.  One his aortic valve was bicuspid (2 leaflets instead of 3) with stenosis (thick flesh of the leaflets)
 
The bicuspid itself was not necessarily the issue for surgery but the stenosis was restricting the bloods ability to flow through the valve.  Basically in the 5 weeks between echo's his left ventricle muscle was doing a huge workout and bulked up, but because it never got a break not only did it bulk up but became exhausted (weak) in the process.
 
Now on the other side of the surgery where they have repaired the valve and made it as best they could into a three leaflet valve, he is doing great.  However it will take time for the left ventricle to reduce back down to normal size and regain it's strength.  Post op they will have him on Blood pressure/blood thinning/fluid reduction medication for a few months to give the heart a chance to recover.  So we are praying that his heart will fully recover it's strength and come back down in size quickly.
 
One of the greatest concerns post op would be the volume of scar tissue that could occur, so we are praying and believing that this will not be an issue for him going forward.
 
Our primary cardiologist who saw us through the operation said that he has a 50%+ chance to not have further operations.  This is what we are believing for Edward that the Lord will be able to use the skills of this surgeon and heal Edward in a way that he will not need any further intervention. 
 
The doc has stated that he has progressed more quickly then they had expected. 
 
Additional prayer points for us would be that the Lord would give us wisdom at every turn through this to make the best decision for Edward going forward and that the speed of his recovery would be a testimony for the Lord.
 
 
Thanks so much for your prayers and support.  We have been so blessed by the Lord through this experience with the ever present peace of God.
 
We give all the Glory and Honour to the Lord for his mighty hand on us and continued protection!

 

Please continue to pray for us and the meetings that we have ahead as well as for Edward.

We have been having some very good meetings in the Northwest of the USA as well as last weekend in Calgary.  We will try to update you on our meetings etc. soon

 

 

 

Thank You again for your Prayers & Support.

 

Agape,

 

John & Monette

 

johnandmonette.blogspot.com 

 

July
1	Hope Christian Church Seattle	Seattle, Washington	Ministry Presbytery	Jirote & Warinda Bongkotmart
6	Hope Christian Churches of America Camp	Auburn, WA	Presbytery Ministery
6 - 9	Cochrane Valley Community Church	Cochrane, Alberta, Canada	Ministry	Robert & Angela Butler
10 - 11	Living Water –Weiser	Weiser, ID	Ministry	Don & Dorothy Hezeltine
12 -19	Wendover Christian Fellowship	Wendover, Utah	Ministry	Chris & Pat Lund
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August	USA
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2	New City Church	Atlanta, GA	Ministry	Gilbert & Mona Kelly
30	Eagles Wings Ministries	Milwaukie, OR	Ministry	Richard & Cheryl Wright
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21	Indonesian Praise Centre	Melbourne, VIC	Ministry	Agus & Lilian Budiman
26 – 29	Christian Covenant Community	Emerald, OLD	Ministry	Tony & Helena Harold
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