Back in Memphis

Sunday, September 7

Tyler has been through this before! His leg will just not heal properly. This time the doctor's want to remove his metal prosthesis and start over. His leg has constantly been infected so Sarah brought him to St Jude's on Friday and they attached a vacuum pack to his leg to suck some of the "gunk" from it. He is scheduled for surgery on Wednesday, September 10 to open his leg up, remove the metal prosthesis and add spacers and packs of antibiotics. These will remain for about 6 weeks to completely clear up the infection. He will remain in a straight/no bend brace and will have to be on crutches until his next surgery. After about 6 weeks Tyler will have a second surgery to add a new prosthesis. He will be so much better off. We will pray that his leg will be perfect then and it will completely be healed forever!

Charles is leaving Tuesday to go to Memphis to be with his family. Sarah, Tyler, Elijah and Christian made the trip and they are staying with their good friends, the Ross's, since their house in Memphis is now rented. The plan is that Tyler will be back to school next week.

Pray for a successful surgery and that he will experience little or no pain.

Stay close!
Kim