Candace Update

CANDACE OUT OF SURGERY 2/18/06 2:30 p.m.

Todays surgery has taken longer than many of our previous seven surgeries. Some infection was found at the open site on the right leg. This is a eight inch opening that was the original site of the pain Candace had beenexperiencing. Please pray for this stubborn flesh eating organism to be eradicated from her body. Of the four other open sites, one small one on her abdomen was able to be closed today. We are very grateful for this. Candace is in quite a bit of pain right now as she has built up a resistance to all these narcotics. Pray for a release from pain also. We will see the bone specialist on Monday to explore the explanation for the bone damage to the thigh and hip. There is a caution with a biopsy because of the possibility of entering infection to that area. God bless you all for your continued faithfulness to stay with us during this lengthy hardship. Also Candace has not eaten since our arrival as her intestense is quite bloated. If I can not get her to eat something today they will insert a stomach feeding tube. I really pray we could avoid this.

Love Cathy for all

Please pray for a mother who lost her six day old baby Katlin yesterday. She was by our room and the child was recovering from open heart surgery.