As you may know. Jeannette was in the hospital this summer with an infection in her neck.  A REAL pain in the neck!  She was in the hospital; for 20 days.  The doctor says she has bones and discs that have been destroyed by the infection and they must be removed.  In addition she has vertebrae that have moved out of alignment.

She is having two major surgeries at the University of CA San Francisco Hospital: Oct. 4 and Oct.9.  In the first surgery in the front of the neck they will remove the vertebrae and discs, do a bone graft, put in an artificial disc, and fuse C3 to C7.  In the second surgery they will operate from the back of the neck and fuse C2 to T2.  She will probably be in the hospital for 10 days.

She will have a neck brace placed in the first surgery and she will wear it at least 6 weeks.

We are asking for prayers for the success of the surgery and for her to be able to tolerate the hospital stay and the braces.