Abby Haggerty...

Family and friends:

We are feeling deeply the prayers of so many this afternoon and want to give an
update on what has transpired today in Abby’s journey through all this. Big day…

After entering into what could have been anywhere from a 2-7 hour surgical
procedure late this morning, Abby was done in just under 2 hours. To use the
doctor’s words, “She was a rock!” After having just met with the chief neurosurgeon,
Dr. Matouk around 3:00, we have learned that the effort to go after the largest of the
three aneurisms was a success and a significant step forward for Abby. Praise the
Lord! Their goal was to place “coils” around the aneurism so as to effectively cut off
its ability to rupture. This was very successful and again, to use the surgeon’s
words, it ended being “textbook” with no complications.

Where does this leave us? Well, in a place of great praise to start. As we look to
what’s next for Abby, you’ll remember that she has two parallel journeys she is on,
walking both simultaneously. The one is a journey of recovery from what has
happened to her thus far, the other a preventative one from future disaster. Phase
one on the preventative journey – a significant one with the prevention of this large
aneurism rupture – has been a success. Though she has, in truth, been “healing” and
recovering since moment one of her AVM rupture, the doctors are going to
concentrate now on the recovery part of her journey from what has happened for
the next week. During this time they will be slowly weaning her off of sedation in
order to assess her neurologically. Approximately a week or so from now, Dr.
Matouk will likely again go back into the effected area through angiogram to assess
the other two smaller aneurisms and determine how he wants to address them.
(This would be back to preventative side of the journey).

Prayer? God has moved his hand in a generous, powerful, and kind way for our
family today and we couldn’t be more in awe. But we are asking for more from Him
and we believe he wants us to. Pray for these next few days in particular as the
assessment of Abby neurologically begins. Pray for open eyes, moving fingers,
independent breathing, even the slightest smile and the ultimate joy of hearing her
say “I love you mom and dad.” These would be Everest-sized steps for her right
now, but we have a Heavenly Father who is capable of them and more… and so we
ask. Pray for no “set-backs” or complications in the areas that we have seen success
in today, and that God would protect her – while she “recovers” – from any bleeding
either from the AVM or the other two aneurisms. Pray boldly for a disappearance of
the other two aneurisms!

We have seen and felt a thousand graces from God these last 5 days. Praise him with
us, while at the same time we humbly ask you to continue on your knees. The
journey continues…

Shawn Haggerty
(Abby’s Uncle)