Hand surgery scheduled for December 12th

Just wanted to let you know that Janet's hand surgery with Dr. Solomon is scheduled for December 12th.  Please be praying for Janet as she faces this.  We all take so much for granted with our health and our ability to function.  We get a papercut or a headache and we complain.  At least, I know I do.  We don't realize how much we use our hands and our fingers until something like a papercut calls attention to it.  Janet losing several tips of her fingers on her left hand is a really tough challenge she has to face.  She is facing it with grace and strength, but just keep her in your thoughts and prayers as she works through finding a new normal.  Even just the waiting to get this surgery behind her could be really tough as it is one more hard step looming ahead of her before she can get down to the business of healing.  Janet is our miracle and we are so grateful for her.  I know that many of us would lose a finger tip with her if we could, just so that she didn't have to do this alone.

Thank you to so many of you who are helping out with meals and cleaning and shopping.  It's crazy to realize that Thanksgiving is next week. We have help set up through the first full week of December.  Please contact me if you are willing to provide some help through the rest of December and/or anytime in January.  We want to continue to provide support for the Dickens while Janet is recovering from her hand surgery.  Just email me at praying4janet@gmail.com with whatever help you are willing and able to provide.  Thanks so much!  

I hope each of you has a wonderful Thanksgiving and that we all hold on to our loved ones a little tighter this year, remembering to be grateful for the moments that we have.

Note from Janet...

Just wanted to send out a little update after yesterday. The dr. found two kidney stones following the stent removal, so he got those out. Because of all that activity my kidney was quite inflamed, so he had to place another stent. It will just be in til next week and removal will be at a simple office visit. I slept alot the rest of the day, and Mike and Jeremy took good care of me. It was really nice to come right home afterward. I will rest a lot this weekend, and just keep getting my strength back.

Thank you for your prayers for my family and I.

Love, Janet

Pray on Friday!

Janet is scheduled to get her stent taken out of her kidney this coming Friday, November 9th in an outpatient procedure.  It should be fairly straightforward.  During the procedure, the urologist will also deal with whether or not Janet still has another kidney stone and will hopefully take care of that as well.  So please be praying!!!  Even though it shouldn't require a hospital stay, Janet will still have to deal with undergoing anesthesia and all the risks and side effects that go along with any procedure.  Pray that she gets good rest and recuperation this week so that she is feeling strong.  Also, Janet sees the hand surgeon on Thursday.  She will schedule her surgery for her left hand at that point.

Thank you!