Update with Surgery Date

We received a call last week from Johns Hopkins and Jacob is scheduled for tethered cord surgery on November 7th.   They expect that he will be in the hospital for about a week and we will likely remain in town for another week after that, in case anything comes up. 


Jacob returned to school last week and has done pretty well so far.  We are thankful for the wonderful people that the Lord has put in his school to help accommodate his mobility issues, especially his principal, nurse, teacher and a few others.  Jacob uses an electric scooter to get around and we think that having this as his "legs" has been a huge motivator in him getting back into school. 


We ask for your continued prayers as we approach our surgery date.  A referral has been submitted to the Children's House so that we can stay there while we are in Baltimore.  Please pray that there will be an opening for us (we won't know for sure until about two weeks out from the surgery date).  Also, we are still treating a urinary tract infection for a few more days (with antibiotic).  As you all know, he has been battling these recurring infections for about a year.  Please pray that this one will clear up and that he will be able to avoid these in the future. 


We noticed that it has been awhile since we last posted any pictures of Jacob, so we will try to get some recent ones on here in the next few days. 


All praise be to the One was was, is and is to come, Jesus Christ our Lord. 


Mommy and Daddy