Travis' Surgery

Miracles do happen! Prayers are answered! We felt them all today! Travis is recovering beautifully! His surgery was 3 hours long, and it went wonderfully. He woke up fairly well, and his pain has been pretty much under control. He said his pain was nothing like it was while he was in the hospital for his pelvis! His nub is doing well. He sometimes feels that he has an itch on his shin, or like water is dripping on his leg. Those are just nerves firing, trying to reconnect in the upper part of his leg! His spirits are very high, as he's been joking with nurses about his nub. I am so so so proud of my brother! He is such an inspiration to people. He is so strong and happy and I think twice about complaining about stupid little stuff in my life!! God certainly does hear our prayers! Sometimes, as we can testify to, those answers are not what we want to hear, but He will ALWAYS carry us through the trials He asks us to bear!

The latest on Travis...

I just got the news from Stephanie. Because of the damage that his hip has caused his leg to deteriorate to the point of no return. He had some tests done to show that his nerves and muscles will not be coming back to life.

They have decided, with the help of Heavenly Father, that it is time to amputate Travis' right leg. They will cut it right at the knee, keeping all of the femur bone. They will rotate the calf muscle into the quad muscle so his future stub will have enough tissue and cushion. They are VERY optimistic about this surgery! Since it will be a clean cut, Travis should heal very quickly and well. He should be able to start walking on his prosthetic within a month!

This means, that Travis might be able to run again! They say that his severe limp will go away because it is not cause by his hip, but his dead leg!

The surgery will be on Monday, January 12th. He goes in that morning to get it done. I'll be praying for you guys!!!

Some Random Photography that I did recently...