Yeah God! Surgery is done. It did not go as smoothly as they had hoped. Dr. Fassier cut the existing rod in half. He was able to pull the upper half by the shoulder out easily. But,....the bottom piece did not come out easily. Dr. Fassier said Tim's bone was like rock. After doing their best the bone broke again. This time very close to the elbow. Dr. Fassier was not able to rerod the arm. He ended up improvising a bit and placed two K wires. They are not near as strong as a rod. One was threaded into the bone from the shoulder down and the other he very carefully threaded from the elbow up. The good news is that they over lap a bit at the new elbow fracture so that it is a bit stronger there. Dr. Fassier was very concerned about the nerve in the arm. It was stretched and pulled for a long time during the surgery. Here comes another "Yeah God!" Tim was able to move his fingers and wrist already in the recovery room. Dr. Fassier stopped in before he left (after a really long day!!!) and smiled when he saw Tim moving his hand and wrist. "Now I can go home and sleep tonight! I will see you in the morning." Please pray for healing! This arm will need a lot of it!!! Pray that all the pieces of bone will stay in place and not rotate around the K wire. Pray that the K wire will be strong enough to enable Tim to wheel and do all the things he loves to do. Love to all :) Our hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness!!!