Hello friends and family!

Good news. The surgery is done and went very well. The tubes are in
place and everything looked great to the doctor. He said he drained a
lot of fluid out of Andrew’s left ear. Thanks much for all your
prayers. He was calm and composed the whole time. I’m thankful that
everything went so smoothly.

Thanks for your e-mails and praying for us. We appreciate all of you!

with love,

Camille, for all of us.

Wanted to write a quick note asking you to pray for Drew this Thursday. It’s been a long roundabout story, but the short is that he is scheduled for (minor) outpatient surgery this Thursday AM. The ENT doctor (ears, nose, throat) we saw yesterday diagnosed Drew with some chronic fluid in his left ear. They want to insert tubes into both ears to equalize pressure and drain the fluid in his left ear. It’s a pretty standard procedure which should only take 15-20 minutes to complete. But he will have to be under general anesthesia.

Please pray that the doctors will be able to successfully insert the tubes and that Drew will not experience any complications during or after the procedure. Pray that Andrew will not be frightened by all that is happening. He gets a very serious look on his face as I describe what will happen on Thursday. It is a quick turnaround (three days) from when we saw the ENT until the surgery, so I don’t feel like I have had a lot of time to prepare him and ease him into the prospect of the surgery. But I’ve explained that the doctors will help fix his ears so that he can hear better and speak more clearly. He seems to like that idea.

We are optimistic as the doctor was able to schedule us so quickly and everything literally fell into place. It really felt like God opened these doors for Andrew to be seen, evaluated and diagnosed within a week by multiple doctors and educators. We have been concerned with his language delay and are hopeful that this procedure will alleviate some of the difficulty he has had in speaking clearly.

Thanks for praying for us! We’ll keep you posted on how things turn out.