Pastor's Blog

Received the following from Michelle Lightfield yesterday regarding their grandson, Brayden, who recently finished ten rounds of chemotherapy and is schedule to have the tumor removed on Wednesday, October 10.

“Brayden will have the right lobe of his liver removed. The tumor is in the upper right lobe, but because of it’s placement they cannot tell if the vein going to the bottom right is compromised or not. So there is a slight chance they only have to remove 1/4 of the liver, but most likely the whole half.

Specific prayer requests for the next week:
• that we get enough blood donors and platelet donors in time
• that the tumor doesn’t start to grow again because he’s been off chemo for almost 4 weeks
• that his white cell count and platelets come up to the right numbers
• that he stays healthy this week, and doesn’t catch any illness or bug!
• that his surgery goes without a hitch. That there are no complications whatsoever.”

Surgery could last 3-7 hours!  They will keep Brayden sedated a day or two afterwards. He will have a breathing tube in but they are hopeful that they will be able to take that out right after surgery.  Brayden is expected to be in ICU for 4-5 days.

Please pray Brayden will not have any complications during surgery, there will be no infections afterwards, and that the Lord gives the surgeon steady hands and wisdom while operating!