I know most of you...the whole host LOL!...that read this are on FB and have seen my status updates but I wanted to ask that you pray for my 16 year-old niece, Mallory. She was in a car accident on Monday night and is in Children's. She has a moderate spinal cord injury and severe shattering of 2 vertebrae in her neck..I believe it's the 5th and 6th but not positive on that. She will be having surgery around lunch today to put donor bone along with plates and screws in to replace the vertebrae in the neck going in through the front of her neck. Normally they would wait several weeks for the spinal cord injury to settle down some but they can't due to the severity of the shattered vertebrae. At this point, she has good use of her shoulders, a faint grasp in her hands, slight sensation at times in some places in her legs but not much else motor wise. They are telling us that since thankfully the spinal cord was not severed, injuries of this type are hard to predict. She could regain anything from no function to up to 80-90% function with extensive rehab and he predicts around 4 surgeries on the vertebrae. It is really all overwhelming and we just have to get through today's surgery and give it a couple weeks and we will know more. Thanks so much for putting her on your prayer lists! We know that God is is good and that He is the great healer.
Jeremiah 29:11 -" 'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
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