prayers coming that way.

i'm sorry about this set back.  prayers continuing.

diane

Prayers on the way.
Gwen

I spoke to my mom this afternoon.  Jonathan was taken to surgery because the
grafted blood vessel was clogged with blood clots and not getting blood to
the muscle, which was dying.  They performed another graft and put Jonathan
on blood thinners until the graft heals.  Unfortunately, the blood thinners
caused additional problems and Jonathan's vital signs were weakening.  He
was moved to ICU and given blood over the last 36 hours.  My mom said that
he was looking better yesterday evening and he was HUNGRY!  While he's not
out of the woods yet, he is doing better than a couple of days ago.  His jaw
and palate are healing just fine.

On another track, my niece, Ginny is a student at Virginia Tech.  She is
fine.  However, she knows quite a few engineering students.  She works in
one of the engineering school's offices.  Her routine takes her through the
building where the second shooting happened.  She related that she started
to enter the building when the police yelled at her to leave, which she did.
My sister (her mother) said she was quite shaken, but is fine.  Please, pray
for the families of the victims as well as the whole Virginia Tech
community.

I just got this from my mother about my cousin, Jonathan.

Hi all, Just a short note then I need to get down to MCV to keep Beth
company. The muscle graft died and is being removed today. The doctors will
apply a wound-vac to keep the wound clean and free of bacteria. A decision
need to be made today whether or not to amputate. Jonathan will receive more
input from various medical personnel this afternoon and evening. If he
elects for amputation, the surgery will be done tomorrow morning. His
recovery is expected to be complete and he will be up and going through
physical therapy almost immediately. The alternate would be months and
perhaps over a year of being in a wheelchair with the wound-vac on his leg
hoping that the skin would grow to cover the bone. There would be no muscle
to help lift his foot in the front. This would mean a lifetime of wearing a
brace to help him walk. During all of this he could still loose his leg to
complications. Pray for God to direct Jonathan to make this serious decision
that will affect him for the rest of his life. God's will be done. Pray for
Beth, Art, Paul and David as they go through this trying time. Thank you

Please continue thinking of and praying for Jonathan that he might have a
good conclusion to this awful time.

Mary Margaret