Chase is Recoverying from his Surgeries

Whatever prayers or visualizations all of Chase’s Prayer Warriors are using, keep up the great work! He’s really doing as well as we could hope and we’re sure it’s because of all the prayerful support. He came off the anesthesia last night with no problems and he’s pretty alert today. He’s very relieved to have the breathing tube removed and is anxious to start swallowing and healing his throat.

He just had a couple of spoons of pudding, which tasted great in his mouth and felt good going down, but we’re taking it slow as he continues to recover. We’re really hoping and praying that his throat gets soothed and back to normal swallowing as soon as possible. We’ll have to conduct a swallow test in the next few days, just to make sure everything is working ok before being discharged. If there are concerns or problems with Chase’s swallowing, he may end up using the feeding for a longer period. Although this would certainly be disappointing and uncomfortable, the positive side of this is that we would be able to better control his nutrition and get him to take whatever we want to help boost his systems.

We appreciate all the prayers, particularly during this most critical juncture in Chase’s recovery process. This week has been the most grief Chase has had to endure since his diagnosis last August and the biopsy surgery. We’re just anxious to get him back home, stabilize and back on the treatment plan to continue purging this tumor from his body. But first things first – we need Chase to continue recovering well from these surgeries so he can be discharged as soon as possible.

You are all truly awesome Prayer Warriors and we can’t express our appreciation enough! The soothing visualizations of the waterfall with healing energy and love seems to really be working well - he looks blissful at the moment - Praise God!

John & Carol Sammut
Chase & Barbara Ann