Grandpa Stout

Our family has a prayer request...Tim's dad is having eye surgery today to repair his torn retina...please be in prayer for Gma and Gpa Stout as they go through this day and pray that we will trust the LORD for EVERYTHING!

Here is an e-mail from Gma Stout describing what is going on in Gpa Stout's eye,

"The prognosis of his eye is not good. There are at least 2 tears in the retina and an area that is detached. The Dr. described the detachment as wallpaper coming off the wall.
Surgery is tomorrow at 1:30 - Mercy Out-Patient, downtown. We need to be there at 12:00. The surgery will take 1 1/2 - 2 hrs. Dr. Haupert will use laser to repair the tears, put a band around the eyeball to bring the wall toward the retina, extract the vitreous (gel like substance that fills up the eyeball. This pulling away from the retina causes the problems.) and inject a gas bubble to push the retina back in place. He will have a patch overnight, then see the Dr. Thurs. in his office - which is out on 50th-Westown Pkw. He will also be required to keep his head in an upright position all the time, until the gas bubble dissolves - several days.Complete healing will take several months. A cataract will probably form and have to be removed sometime down the road. Hopefully, Dad will gain back most of his vision, but not to expect to have clear vision in that eye.I think Dad is handling this better than I am. But we must continually look to the Lord for strength and to be able to maintain a godly testimony to all we come in contact with through this experience."

THANK YOU!!!!!