PRAISES

Randy Fox, who you know has been battling a horrible staph infection following achilles tendon surgery back in March, returned to the plastic surgeon for a post-op check up yesterday.

Praise GOD - very good news - his skin graft and flap are healing very nicely. He has been taken off of bed rest. He just has an Ace bandage over his leg for protection - no more wound care! He can walk with a crutch with light weight bearing - as he is not supposed to bend his ankle at all. He had the final staples taken out and can now take a shower with his entire body in the shower, instead of sitting in a chair with his leg sticking out - the first time since the end of March.

And best of all, he doesn't have to go back to the surgeon for three weeks.

We were very pleased with this check up, as was the surgeon!

Thank you to everyone for your prayers and support during this long recovery over these many, many months.

Urgent Prayer Request

Kelly Toeppe, who attends our church as the supervisor of the Bluebonnet Ladies, had a 2 year old niece, Lexus, who passed away this morning. The family needs our prayers. The father lost his job recently so if anyone can give to help with funeral costs, please contact Jeff McAnally and commit an amount and we can send a check from the church.

Update on Randy Fox

Randy's wound is not healing as fast as they had hoped. The infectious disease doctor has increased his IV antibiotics for one more week. He visits a plastic surgeon on Friday to see if there is anything he can do to close this wound.
Please keep Randy in your prayers as he faces yet another possible surgery and for speedy recovery - this time!

Prayer Request from Barbara Parmeter

I just got word that the daughter of a very dear friend and sister in Christ has a very aggressive form of breast cancer. The daughter's name is Rhiannon. She begins chemo today and will eventually go through a radical bilateral mastectomy and have her ovaries removed, the cancer is already in her lymph nodes. She is a young woman, not yet 30 and has an infant daughter. She and her family are standing strong in their faith, but I know that prayer is our most powerful weapon.
I thank you all for your prayers,
Barb Parmeter

We recently learned of another cancer patient that we have been praying for for years - a young man - who was completely healed - Cancer Free!!! This could only have been done by the Miracle of GOD!
Please pray for this young woman, RHIANNON, to have a miracle in her life!

Prayers for Randy Fox and family

Hello my church family,

I usually am the one posting other people's prayer requests. Well, now I have one of my own - My husband, Randy, has been battling infection after infection, and an open wound, since having his Achilles tendon repaired on March 31st. He will go back into surgery this Friday at 12:30 to remove the dissolvable sutures which is where the doctor thinks the infection is being harbored. While in there, they will do a deep culture to try to determine the exact type of infection. The doc is also bringing in an infectious disease specialist. Randy will be in the hospital through Monday. Depending on what they find will determine the course of action - they may send him home on Monday or he might remain in the hospital for a continued course of IV antibiotics.

Please pray for us that we remain calm and confident in knowing that God is in control. Please pray for our surgeon, Dr. Joel Hurt, who is an amazing Christian man, to use his God-given talents to perform this surgery. Please pray for the nurses and other staff that we have to deal with in their understanding of what Randy has been through the last four months - and their understanding that to us this isn't just a routine surgery.

Thank you in advance for praying. Janie Fox

ANSWERED PRAYER: Steven Todd

Just received this email from Jennifer Todd, that we wanted to pass along:

Thank you guys for praying for Steven and the knee surgery. Everything went as planned and without any problems. Steven can walk and put weight on his knee with very minimal pain. He is doing really well and not in much pain tonight. I really appreciate you prayer warriors standing in the gap for us. God has really blessed us with your friendships and his mercy. love you ,jenn

Request for Steven Todd

Friday morning, July 23rd, at 1130am, Steven is having surgery in Round Rock on his knee to repair a torn miniscus. Please pray with us that the procedure, anesthesia, etc would go perfectly and without a hitch. Pray for the doc/nurses to be well rested and alert to do their job perfectly. Pray for Steven's body to respond as it should and recover quickly.

Thank you so much. We don't expect this surgery to have a long recovery time, just some physical therapy, etc. Steven expects to be back at work on Monday. Jennifer's mom has come up to stay with the kids tomorrow, so all is well on the home front, too.