Addendum

I was outside for a few minutes after posting the previous entry, and in those few minutes I felt totally ashamed of myself.  As I'm blogging tonight about packing up my Blazer for a tailgating party tomorrow, two very precious little children are in operating rooms two-thousand miles apart, going through things nobody should have to go through.  Out in Los Angeles, my second cousin's three-year old Tucker is now in hour number eight of a long surgery to give him a new ear and to hopefully improve his hearing.  He was born with a condition called Microtia.  Microtia is a congenital deformity where the pinna (external ear) is underdeveloped (microtia). This occurs in 1 out of about 8,000–10,000 births. While it's not life-threatening, it has the potential to severely limit hearing and cause psychological distress over the physical abnormality. Basically, Tucker was born with what looks just a big ear lobe on the left side of his head.
And in downtown Louisville, our neighbor's 9 year old granddaughter Sophie just came out of emergency surgery because she suddenly developed a severe infection in her face. She woke up Sunday morning with what looked like a fat lip; her mother even joked with her about one of her little friends punching her in the mouth during a sleepover she had the night before.  As the infection spread, her face started swelling, to the point yesterday where it was about twice her normal size.  They took her to the pediatrician and he sent them on to Kosair Children's Hospital where she underwent emergency surgery. Thank the Lord the doctors caught this in time before the infection could reach her eye. 

I just texted my second cousin (Tucker's dad) and he said that he was still in surgery but things are going well, and that they hoped to have him in recovery in a couple of hours.  And I just spoke with Sophie's uncle and he said that she was in recovery and that her surgery went well. They had to put in a tube so the infection could continue to drain out, but they were pleased with the results.

Please keep these two little ones in your prayers.