Update on Micah's recovery..

     I wanted to take a moment and thank everyone for their prayers and support.  This past week has been difficult for our family, to say the least.  The outpouring of love has been incredible.  Heather is getting along fine.  She's still banged up, but nothing is broken.  Elizabeth is doing well.  She's still dealing with some whiplash and a sore right thigh.  She's limping pretty good, but never complaining.  Elizabeth has been staying with her grandparents until Micah is out of the woods. 

Micah is stable.  His brain appears to be regulating his body temperature better.  The first 3 or 4 days were a constant up and down with his temp.  It would range from normal to just over 102.  

His liver sustained some damage in the wreck, but appears to be healing well.  He lost some blood, but received a transfusion and hasn't needed one since.

He has some contusions in his lungs, but at this point, haven't been affecting his breathing.

The surgery to repair his little neck is scheduled for 9AM tomorrow morning.  Please be in prayer.  The surgery will likely take 6 hours.  They're going to fuse his first 3 vertebrae with titanium wire and a piece of one of his own ribs.  His doctors have told us that he'll actually have a fairly normal range of motion eventually. 

Once the surgery is complete, the focus is going to be on his brain.  Micah's brain sustained significant damage from the accident. He has a drain in his brain to relieve the pressure as it swells.   At this point, we just don't know how much will be affected.  What we do know, is that God is good, He's in control and he definitely answers prayer!  He answered us.  We still have Micah.  We're trusting God to heal him.  Please be in prayer with Heather and I tomorrow and through out Micah's recovery.

The doctors are going to give him a day or two to heal after the surgery, then they're going to start pushing him.  The plan is to wean him off of the ventilator, reduce his sedation and see if we can wake him up.  We'll have a better Idea of what we're dealing with for his rehab at that point.

We'll keep everyone posted as we hear back from the Surgeons tomorrow.

Thank you for walking with us as we're going through this.  Heather and I really appreciate you.