Update #3 4:20pm

We have mixed news.

Just heard from my sister. The Dr. was hoping to harvest 500,000 cells but need 400,000 to complete the transplant. They were able to harvest 450,000! so Praise God for that! My sister saw a picture of his pancreas and it was 2 inches smaller than a normal one because of all the damage done to it. So we are extremely grateful they could harvest what they could from it!

Now we need you to pray and continue praying! They are stitching him up and he'll be in recovery. My sister will see him in a few hours. If he wakes up within those few hours, he'll go to intermediate care if not he'll go to ICU. There's also a chance that he could bleed in the next 48 hrs and if he does he'll go back to surgery. So please join us in praying that number 1 he wakes shortly and number 2 that he does not bleed requiring him to go back into surgery!

Pray for additional strength for my sister, mother-in-law, aunt, my mom and dad, the Thatchers, and the boys - Peter and Timothy. Pray for the medical staff providing Cary's care that their minds be quickened that they be alert and see what needs to be seen to address whatever needs to be addressed promptly! Pray for continued healing for Cary's body and that in all things God would be honored!

Amanda sent me a text that she was playing Phase 10 with my mother. (You have to know my mother to know why this is so hilarious but she couldnt get her cards straight! lol...) God's never ending never failing love continues to amaze me that He knows what we need exactly when we need it: even in the form of a mom who can't organize her cards playing phase 10 that makes you laugh!

We love you all for your continued support and prayers!

Blessings ALWAYS
The Rasberry's and Leyva's