What a crazy time it has been these past few weeks. Everything has happened so fast and abrupt. Finding out I had a tumor growing in my median nerve (which runs in your forearm) was not exactly on how I planned to spend the holidays. Even more so was finding out that I would have to go home and have surgery on it to get it removed. I found out that I would be going home on a Saturday and was on a plane headed back for Texas on Tuesday morning. As soon as I arrived at DFW we hurried to a Dr's appt. that we had gotten thanks to the help of Steve Leach who was able to come and visit me while he was on a business trip up in SLC. He checked out my arm and MRI and was then able to recommend who I should go and see. That Dr's appt. worked out great because we were hoping on getting an appt. in a few weeks. After talking with the Dr that Steve Leach has sent us to he thought it would be at the soonest a month before we could have the surgery done on my arm because he needed a six hour block of time to operate. He even said it would be best to send me back up to SLC till we could have the surgery. After he left the room he sent in his scheduling coordinator and they said they had an open block for the next Monday!

All of these things just fell into place and everything just seemed to work out. The surgery went better then expected and it only took about 3 hours to operate. They did not have to do any nerve graph after all and they saved them from making another 6 in cut on my left leg. Now I am just recovering and working on getting my movement back. Everything has healed and going better then what anyone could have even ask for. The Lord is definitely mindful of my situation and has been looking out for me this entire time. If nothing else this is just a huge testimony builder to not only me but all those whom surround me.

Elder Scott Owen