Prayer Request for Ricie (Mom)

Please hold my mom in your prayers over these next few months. She has “cervical spine compression,” and will have surgery on the morning of Wednesday, October 28th.

It all started with her “self diagnosis of a frozen shoulder,” and she just accepted that she had less function in her left arm. This past March, her leg started giving her problems, with pain from her hip down to her shins. So she went to the doctor, and instead of a reference to pain management, she was sent to a neurosurgeon. The first person to give Mom a thorough exam was an old coworker of hers, so that was a ray of sunshine. After that exam, Mom had an MRI, and that is when we found out that she has pretty significant compression in her cervical spine (C3-C7). The doctor said that if she didn’t have surgery for it, it could cause further loss of function, and eventually paralysis.

The surgery may last up to 6-hours. They will go through her neck to do an “anterior cervical discectomy with fusion and plates, C3-C7,” then flip her over to do a “posterior fusion and plates, C3-T1.”

The healing time after the surgery will be about 3-months, and she will be in a neck brace for the first 6-weeks. Please pray that all of this will go well for her, and that The Lord will anoint her medical team. Please pray that there will be no complications, and that there won’t be any problems as this surgery is happening very near her larynx/vocal cords. We want Mom to continue to be able to play her beautiful penny whistle and sing with us. We love her so much!

The bottom right photo is a sneak peak of Mom’s upcoming “fall fashion accessory.” Seriously and sincerely, we thank you all for caring and praying for us.