Thank you to all who have written and asked about Jose and his foster family. I have passed on your thoughts and notes to them on your behalf. Unfortunately, Jose is going to need more injections of sclerotherapy medications into his malformation tomorrow morning, which means that the surgery will be delayed until Monday. He isn't very happy about being in the hospital, and I know Margaret and Scott are tired, but Jose is safe and in expert hands, for which we are grateful. His story is being watched in Central America on the TV station, Telemundo. The reporter who interviewed him yesterday was to come back tomorrow after surgery, but I imagine they will wait until early next week. We hope Jose's parents were able to see their son on TV in their village, I can only imagine what a thrill that would have been for them.
Jose's father is a rural farmer in Guatemala, and he has to keep his cell phone dry so he doesn't take it to the fields with him. His wife Maria has been keeping watch over the phone this week and has been updated daily by our translator.
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Hi Jodi. Thanks so much for all of the updates on Jose. I am finally getting caught up on them. I will be praying for his continued healing and for the surgery to go well on Wednesday.
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