[tri-med] Re: Brianna's Surgery

We will be praying extra prayers for Brianna and your family.  We will be 
going for the same surgery with Elanor in July (we finally got a date--July 
16).  I will be looking often to see how things went.  It seems this is the 
year for spinal surgeries for our kiddos!  I'm glad you have a group of 
supporters there for you, it's so important for help and a shoulder to lean 
on!

I'm glad Brianna got to play basketball and did so well!  A perfect thing to 
lift her and your spirits before the surgery!

Our thoughts and prayers will be with you.  Keep us posted.

Jennifer, mom to Arwen, 9; Elanor, 7 (T18); caregiver to Joe 27, and Eric, 
20 (both w/ CP); and wife to Andrew.
Boise, Idaho, USA

P.S.--I hope the Shriners Hospital has a large crew to handle mail.  I have 
a feeling Brianna may be getting a lot of cards!  :)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <TRIER9@xxxxxxx>
To: <tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 10:21 AM
Subject: [tri-med] Brianna's Surgery


>
>
> Well...........Today is the day. My oldest daughter, Brianna will be
> checking into Shriners Children's Hospital at 1:00.
>
> Yesterday was a great day for Brianna! Her team won the STATE 
> championships
> in Special Olympics Basketball! It was bitter sweet watching my  girl play
> sports for the last time for a year now.
>
> Brianna will be having a spinal fusion to correct her Scheuermann's 
> Disease.
> It has caused kyphosis in her upper back that will become very painful  if 
> we
> don't do anything.
>
> It was such a hard decision to say, "okay"......go ahead, lets go for the
> surgery now." I'm very scared for our girl and pray this is the right time 
> to do
> this surgery.
>
> We have church family/friends/family coming up to the hospital at 4:00 for 
> a
> prayer. Brianna will be in surgery at 7:30 tomorrow morning. She will be 
> in
> surgery for 10 or so hours. They will take bone from her hip and use it to
> fuse  the rods to her spine. She is expected to be there for approx 2 
> weeks.
>
> Here is the hospital address if anyone would like to send a card to our 
> very
> special girl. Brianna loves to get mail!  This is one of the  highlights 
> of
> her day at home. Hopefully she'll get lots of mail while in the  hospital 
> to
> cheer her up a little!
>
>
>
> Shriners Hospitals for Children-Northern California
> 2425 Stockton Boulevard
> Sacramento, CA 95817-2215
> Attn: Brianna Poppe
>
>
> Oh my gosh. I'm really feeling it now. Just hit me...again what my 
> daughter
> will endure. Please pray for her. And for the surgeons that will be 
> involved
> with this major surgery on my baby girl. (She's always gonna be my
> baby.......but Bri is 18!) Thank You.
>
> Love,
>
> Laurie and Alan
> Brianna, Brandon, Marissa and Kayla
>
> on a side note......our pastor just called to pray for Bri and said he'll 
> be
> there before surgery in the morning to pray. GOD IS GOOD!
>
>
>
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