Thank you for praying for Jill’s surgery!  The doctor removed the stitches from her tendon (that he thinks may have been causing the pain), and I’m so thankful to report that she has feeling in her thumb.  So hopefully no nerve damage.

Please keep praying hard for her.  She is in tremendous pain, which hurts me.  Her thumb is swollen to twice the size of the other.  Here is a text she sent yesterday:

“Ouch! You’re really sweet to ask but I am in a lot of pain.  I’m supposed to be doing therapy on it every hour and waking up twice at night to do therapy to get ahead of the scar tissue.  I’m not quite sure how this is going to get done, but I’ll try 🙂  I so appreciate your prayers.”

Thank you for joining me in praying for incredible healing in her thumb.  She told me yesterday that it feels really unnatural to move it when it hurts so badly.  Of course, her inclination is to baby it and protect it, but to hopefully regain her mobility, she has to be diligent about doing the therapy each hour.

God, would you be Jill’s solid rock through these pain-filled days?  Would you bring about more healing and mobility than she thinks is possible?  Please bring total healing to her thumb, so she doesn’t have any more pain going forward.  Give her strength to do the therapy each hour, and encourage her heart.