The surgery was scheduled for yesterday (Sept 11) at noon California time. The surgeon decided he wanted the absolute best anesthesiologist team available so by the time they all gathered it was 2pm. The surgery began and lasted longer than expected. My mom called me at bed time to let me know Jessiah was still in surgery, I prayed myself to sleep.

This morning I called my mom first thing. My brother in law called her at 1am our time to tell her the surgery when very well and they removed both kidneys. The doctors told my sister that he had NEVER seen kidney so big (the disease causes them to keep growing, they were larger than adult kidneys....I affectionately called Jessiahs belly a budah belly)

The miracle. Although it usually takes the body a few days to adjust God stepped in. The new kidney started to make urine RIGHT AWAY! awesome...not only does the body accept it but it works too!

My mom called and let a voice message this afternoon while i was at work. My brother in law called at 10:30 our time...this is only about 8-10 hours after surgery, to let my mom know that Jessiah was sitting up and happily watching cartoons. My other nephew Zacc, Jessiahs cousin, was also up and about walking around but was suffering some pain. From what I have learned the transplant is harder on the donor than on the recipient.

Thank you all for praying, please continue to do so. A quick recovery with no complications would be the cherry on top of Gods SONday :) a bonus would be that the Ronald McDonald house lets them stay as long as needed.

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