Luke's Surgery Update

I thought I would give you all an update on Luke. He had another surgery a couple days ago. Oh, excuse me for a minute. I just realized that Ben is behind me is shoveling powdered sugar into his mouth as fast as he can. . . . . Ok, I'm back. Oh, if only I had eyes in the back of my head. Anyway, back to Luke. His surgery was Thursday and we were able to come home that afternoon. The hemangioma was still quite large and the doctor said that it was actually growing on the other side of the trachea as well. Before it was just growing on the left side, so the doctor was a little concerned. He was able to laser it all off and we will be taking him in for another surgery shortly after we get to California (in about 4 weeks). We are in the process of finding a specialist there. I have no idea how much longer we will need to do these surgeries. We will just keep plugging along until the hemangioma stops growing. I really hope that it is soon. About 4 days before his surgery he wasn't feeling well and was having a really hard time so Jim was able to give him a blessing. Shortly after the blessing he was doing much better. I am so grateful for the power of the priesthood and for the power of prayer. I think I would have been a wreck this last year without it. It has definitely helped us through a lot of hard and stressful times with Luke. Thank you for all of your prayers in our behalf as well. We love you all and look forward to seeing you soon on our way to California.