Billy took today off to go to Birmingham for Jason's surgery.  The miracle
has already started!  The surgery on Jason went perfectly; the vertebrae are
lined up just right, and they got all the bone fragments out (according to
the x-ray).  Tomorrow they will put in a feeding tube and a tracheotomy.  He
is not in the halo now, but in a soft neck collar.  The surgeon said they
try to get them out to rehab just as soon as possible, and they have two or
three places to check out.    The doctor will not promise that Jason will
have full mobility, but he doesn't rule it out either.  He said they won't
know for 6 weeks, and then it would take 6 months for him to be mobile.  He
told them again that the spinal cord was not severed, just bruised, and that
the sheath around it was not even punctured.  We are praying for the finish
of the miracle that God has already started.  Thank you for your prayers.
Gwen