All is Well!

Praise the Lord, Antonio's surgery went well. Both doctors involved were quite pleased.  Antonio's subglottic stenosis has improved.  This is the narrowing in his airway that I have mentioned before.  Instead of being more than 30% narrow, it is now only about 15% narrow.  What an answer to prayer!!  As far as his gallbladder, that is now gone.  The gallbladder did show inflammation and of course "stones".

Antonio is now recovering nicely at home. He is in some discomfort, but is handling the pain well.  The one thing about my little guy is that he always has a smile on his face, no matter how bad he is feeling.  What a brave little boy he was!

When the nurse came to tell us it was time for Antonio to go to the OR my heart sank.  My little man was all smiles and I was in turmoil.  I kept repeating over and over in my mind the verse in 2Timothy 1:7 " For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind."  By God's grace I was able to keep it together.  I kissed my "boy" and then watched him drive away in a motorized car to the OR along side his daddy and the nurse, still with a smile on his face.

During the three hour wait for Antonio to come out of surgery my husband and I prayed and tried to keep ourselves busy.  It was a long three hours, but God is good and kept our hearts and minds stayed on Him.  When we were finally able to see him I did have a great sense of relief.

My husband and I want to thank you all for your prayers and words of encouragement.

On a different note, my husbands graphic novel is now out on the "stands".  It is called "Female Forces - Sonja Sotomayor".  The graphic novel can be purchased in comic book shops, Barnes and Nobles, Borders and through Amazon.com  The book is now in the Supreme Court Library in Washington.  My husband was quite honored by this gesture.

God is good.