A slight change in plans - prayer requests

Late Sunday afternoon and evening, we began having trouble catheterizing Jacob. He was in a lot of pain and we could not get the cath to go into his bladder. After two unsuccessful attempts, we talked to the Urology team and they advised us to bring him to the ER. They met us there and also attempted to cath Jacob and were also unsuccessful. The Urologist on call discovered that there was a "false entry" point that had been created slightly above the regular "pee" outlet. We are not sure how this occurred because we had been successfully cathing for several days. So, we have stopped cathing and are using the SP tube for now to drain his bladder.

Tomorrow morning at 9 am, Jacob is scheduled to go to the Operating Room to have another scope done on his bladder and also have a cath put in. This will remain in place for about two weeks and if all goes well here, we may be able to come home shortly after that. I plan to go back to Chattanooga on Thursday and help Melanie (Gran) take care of James (they returned to Knoxville this past Sunday). I will then come back up towards the end of the two week period.

Please pray for Jacob tomorrow as he undergoes this procedure. Please also pray that he will begin "peeing" through the correct path and that he will continue to heal from his previous surgeries. One of his pin sites (where the pins used to be) has shown some signs of infection, so please pray that this particular site will heal as well. We are thankful that he has been very cheerful since his initial release from the hospital and has been a absolute joy to see his vocabulary and personalities both begin to really develop.

This slight setback is definitely a little frustrating for us, but we are confident in knowing that the Lord works all things according to His good will and continue to pray that He will be glorified.

"His name is Wonderful, Jesus our Lord."

Daddy BA