Adam's Surgery

Adam will be having surgery on his eyes July 15th in Corpus Christi.  He was born with a problem that causes his eyes to have tremors, a rather common health issue that most children outgrow by age 9.  Adam is almost 12 and has not outgrown it, so the doctor plans to operate on both eyes to perform a procedure that usually helps to alleviate this problem.  

The doctor will do the same procedure on both eyes in the same surgery.  He will stretch the muscle on one side of the eye and will then cut the muscle on the other side of the eye and then sew it back together.  Apparently severing the nerve often reduces the amount of tremors the nerve produces in the eye.

Adam will be under anesthesia for the operation that is suppose to take about 4 hours.  We will be in Corpus for three days and will then return home.  (day before surgery, day of, and day after).  This is considered an out patient procedure, we will take him to the hotel room with us that evening, and we will return home the day after the procedure.  The nurse said Adam should be ready for normal life (except swimming for two weeks) the day after surgery.

We appreciate all who will pray.  Please know that Adam is not nervous at all, he is rather excited that his vision will hopefully improve.  His faith in God is very strong, as he reminds us daily that God has this all under control.

Thank you for praying,

Bro. Wade (a thankful dad)