It's Been A While!

Welcome Family and Friends!

Obviously, it has been a long time since we have used this blog to keep you updated on our posse.  However, Tristan's surgery seemed an appropriate occasion to get back at it, and keep you all in the loop quickly, easily and at your convenience.

Just a little bit of background on Tristan's condition:
   He has a condition known as pectus excavatum.  It affects about 1 out of 1000 kids.  If you'd like a more detailed description of this condition and a general description of the surgery follow this link:
                      https://hubpages.com/health/Pectus-Excavatum-Surgery-Introduction

He will be at Helen DeVos Children's Hospital tomorrow, Monday.  The surgery will begin around 12:30 p.m.  We will try to keep you updated on his progress as best we can.  Please feel free to text us to see how he is doing and if he's up for visitors.  He will likely be in the hospital for a at least a couple of days.  While the surgery is scheduled to be an hour from start to finish, it's the recovery that is going to be a challenging road.

• Please pray for his surgical team:  For them to have clear minds, steady hands and that things go very smoothly.  
• Pray for Tristan:  That he would be calm and have continued peace about this procedure.  That his body would respond well, his pain would be managed superbly and that his nurses have patience and joy to help him along the way.
• Pray for Us (his family):  That we would have our nerves calmed and be the great support system Tristan needs.

Thanks for all you support already!  

Kevin & Chris