Report to Surgery at 5:45 a.m.

We are to report to Rochester Methodist Hospital at 5:45 a.m. and prep. for surgery. We are ready for Chad to start a new chapter in his young life.

Loving Father, I entrust myself to your care this day; guide with wisdom and skill the minds and hands of the medical people who minister in your Name, and grant that every cause of illness be removed, I may be restored to soundness of health and learn to live in more perfect harmony with you and with those around me. Through Jesus Christ. Amen.

The day before surgery

Chad met with the Surgeon and the GI doctor today. Both doctors said that Chad's decision to go ahead with the surgery is the right option, however the Surgeon Robert Cima said that since Chad is tall that there is a slight chance that his small intestine will not be long enough to make the final connection. This was the first time either of us had heard this possibility. I guess you can't know everything before a surgery. Chad is still optimistic today after hearing the surgeons full disclosure as to possible surgical outcomes. I have to call the Mayo Clinic tonight after 8:15 p.m. to learn when to report to the hospital the following day. All I know right now is that the surgery is tomorrow. Please keep Chad in your prayers tonight and tomorrow that he may have a quick recovery and successful surgery.