The ‘S’ Word…

Hutton’s big surgery is scheduled for tomorrow.  This is a BIG surgery and we are all pretty nervous.  It is a minimum 5-hour surgery and they will be removing a large part of her pelvis as well as her hip socket. So maybe nervous isn’t the right word, but not sure what that word would be. 

Hutton has been pretty calm about the entire thing, but after our appointment with her surgeon on Monday you can tell she is nervous. She asked her surgeon some excellent questions and he did a great job answering them in a way she could understand, but you could see her brain working and could tell she was weary, and I am sure that will be 100x over tomorrow morning.   

Because this is such a big surgery, her recovery will be a long and slow road that will impact her for the rest of her life. One of her legs will be shorter than the other due to not having a hip socket.  There will be lots of physical therapy and learning how to do things differently. We try to see the “light at the end of the tunnel” but the reality is, even after she wins this battle with cancer, she will be fighting the war for the rest of her life having appointments and scans to ensure it does not come back. But we are here for her and God is with her always.

You all have done so much, and have shown her so much love and support, and we ask that you take a few moments out of your day tomorrow morning and pray for our sweet miracle baby. Pray for her surgeon and his team, and that God has his hands on him guiding him in what he does. Pray for Hutton, so that she will have a feeling of peace over her mind and heart as she comes out of surgery and during her recovery, and for God to keep His healing hands on her body, mind, and heart.