Arrived Safely in Montreal

Tim, Erika, and I arrived safety in Montreal about 8:30 last night. Interesting day of travel. It was Canada Day so many places were closed, the hotel was packed, and there were fireworks in the city! We had a good night's sleep and headed to the hospital this morning. The staff here are incredible. We were greeted with hugs and smiles from tons of the staff. We are so blessed to have a second, adopted family here. Tim's surgery is tentatively scheduled for 1200 tomorrow. We are busy meeting with nurses, lab techs, residents and anesthesia. Tim is in good spirits! We had a great talk with our sweet friend from Mississippi, Grandma Gail just before crossing into Canada. She reminded us that we have every right to attack Satan and gain back Tim's walking. We are claiming this as Christ's victory! Thank you for the continued prayers!! We rest in God's hands. We rest in Christ's strength. We STAND on His promises!!

Heading Back for Surgery

Tomorrow, Tim, Erika, and I will be heading back to Montreal. Tim will be admitted to the Shriner's Hospital on Wednesday morning. On Thursday, Tim will be having surgery on his right femur. This is a very delicate surgery. Tim broke this leg in the car accident 2 years ago. The rod and bone are bowing more. If Tim is going to do more walking this leg needs to be fixed. Dr. Fassier will take the old bent rod out and cut the femur bone in 2 spots to straighten the leg and then place a new rod. They are telling us to plan on the surgery taking most of the day. Tim will loose a lot of blood. He will most likely need a couple of transfusions. After the surgery, the big fear is that the femur pieces can rotate on the new rod. That would not be good. We covet your prayers! God is good! He is faithful! This is a step out in faith to help Tim gain back his ability to walk. There is risk involved but Tim is 100% sure he needs to keep pushing forward. God can do anything but fail! We are trusting Him totally!
Prayer requests:

• Safe travels
• Our family members that would love to be with us but can't (we are split up again as a family during a hard time)
• That the old rod comes out well
• That the new rod goes in well
• That there would be minimal blood lose

Love, The Boschs  Kevin, Debra, Chris, Erika, Allison, & Tim

Day 2 After Surgery

Wow! What a journey. Tim is doing ok. Sore and very swollen. Tim's arm and hand are very swollen. It is very uncomfortable for Tim. It is hard for him to find a comfortable position. We hope to head the car for home tomorrow. It will be a long, hard journey for Tim. Please pray for both Tim and me. Pray that he will be able to tolerate the journey and that I will be able to drive the 12 hours without worrying about Tim :S It still amazes me the little gifts God places in our day. We had Pasta Day in the cafeteria. The chef was so sweet. He personally had to make up my tray to make sure I had "all the good stuff!!" Dr. Fassier is out of town at a conference. He had to call us and check to see how Tim was doing. The new resident stopped in this morning and said the surgery was "amazing!!" The radial nerve can stop functioning just by "looking at it. But Tim's was buried in all the scar bone. We had to chisel it out of bone. It is a miracle that Tim is moving his hand!!!" Wow!!! Our God is a God of miracles!!! God STILL DOES MIRACLES!!!!

Just talked with Dr. Fassier. We gave him a run for his money again :) Tim's bone was very marbleized. He had a very difficult time isolating the radial nerve. He did a lot of very careful chiseling. Once the nerve was isolated the rodding went well. Dr. Fassier was very pleased to see that the bone was very vascular. Good sign that the bone will heal on it's own. There was fear that at the old fracture site the bone was dead. Wow! God is so good. I am speechless.....All praise belongs to Him!!! Tim is sore and nauseated but still smiling :)

Surgery is DONE!

Yeah God! Surgery is done! I have not been able to talk with Dr. Fassier yet but the nurses tell me that it all went well. Tim's arm is straight and he is wiggling his fingers. Total yeah God! He is really sore and a bit nauseated but resting well. Thank you for all your prayers! Honestly, I do not know how people do this without Jesus in their lives. Jesus, the name that calms our fears. The great I AM. We rest in Him!

Back in Montreal!

Tim and I arrived safely in Montreal last night around 7:30. Long day of driving, but for the most part uneventful. We have had a busy morning. LOTS of doctors and specialists to see!!! We are going to see them all together this afternoon. It is a great time to address problems and map out a plan for Tim's care. Surgery is still on for tomorrow. I have not gotten a definite time yet. We are now checked into our hospital room. So fun to see the nurses and aids again. Lots of hugs! How blessed to have staff (doctors, nurses, aids, housekeeping...) all greet us with hugs!!! People see the car in the parking lot with the Michigan plates and start looking for Tim!!!! Soooo sweet! God has blessed us with so many people to brighten our day. Love to all!!

Montreal 2013

Tim and I will leave for Montreal Monday morning. We are sooo blessed that Tim has recovered from many of his car accident injuries. It has been a long road. We are planning on seeing all of the specialists Tuesday. (PT, OT, surgeons, labs, genetic specialists,....) Lets just say I will be wearing my tennis shoes!!! The plan right now is for Tim to have surgery on his right upper arm. This is one of the bones he broke in the accident. We have had 3 surgeries on this arm in the last year. The bone is bent at about 40 degrees. It is not good. They are just not sure if there is enough stable bone to attempt reroding the arm. And, there is always risk in rodding an arm. There is a risk of losing function in the hand. Tim is currently scheduled for surgery Wed. morning at 9 am. It will be a 3 hour surgery. We covet your prayers!
My devotions have been on being refined by Jesus. One of the questions asked a goldsmith was, "How do you know that the gold is done?" The answer from the goldsmith, "When I can see my reflection in the gold." What a powerful word picture! Pray that Tim and our family can reflect Christ, our Lord and Savior, while we are being placed in the fire again! God Bless!!