Dear Praying Friends,
As of 8:45 this morning, all travel arrangements for our family to Seattle are set. Praise the Lord!!
Kris and Cassie will leave Kenai for Anchorage shortly after noon on Sunday. They will arrive in Seattle Sunday afternoon. Cassie has a Pre-sugery outpatient on Monday May 1 at 11 am and then a consultation with surgeon at 1 pm on Monday. She will be admitted Tuesday morning for an early Tuesday morning surgery.
Gary will leave Kenai Monday morning and get to Seattle late Monday afternoon.
Chelsie will fly into Seattle Monday evening from Indianapolis. (Pray for her, she has a final exam just before she flies!)
Kris' mother will also be flying from Indianapolis to Seattle on Monday!
Wow. It has been a real challenge keeping the right perspective during all these travel arrangements. Things were just not happening until all at once yesterday, it seems.
Prayer requests:
1. That Cassie will not have a seizure on the plane
2. That Cassie will be able to sleep most of the flight
3. That everyone's travel will go well
4. That Dr Jeff Ojemann, the chief surgeon, will be in God's care.
5. Chelsie's Final Exam
We praise God for his faithfulness and watchcare. Gary has been telling people to picture it like this: If we could walk into a "prayer-insulated room," where the prayers of God's family for Cassie and our family could NOT GET THROUGH, we would just crumple to the floor. HE sustains us, HE gives us hope, and he uses many of yous in ways we can't really express.
By the way, some of you have asked about the link to the Harborview Hospital e-mail page, were you can send e-mails to Cassie once she is admitted on Tuesday. http://www.uwmedicine.org/Facilities/Harborview/ClinicsAndServices/emailGifts.htm. As you know she will not be able to read anything for a few days after the surgery.
Gary, Kris and Cassie
