Prayers for Jesse Lane Fudge

Please take the time to read about this special little guy - his family is very close to ours and he will be undergoing a major heart surgery tomorrow - The information below was sent out by his grandmother Christi, one of my mom's best friends. At the very bottom there are specific prayer requests for tomorrow's surgery - although I'm not smart enough understand all the terminology, God understands and knows what this little guy needs.

Jesse Lane is scheduled for heart surgery in Boston tomorrow, November 20. He is doing very well at the moment and has been a very healthy little boy for the last 2 1/2 years - thanks to the many blessings you prayed for!Some of you know already, but I will try to explain as much as I can aboutwhat he is going to have. (Feel free to stop here and just know that your prayers on Jesse Lane's behalf are all I am asking.)

Jesse Lane was born without the pulmonary 'trunk' which is the 'hose' that funnels blood to the lungs from the heart. He also does not have any significantwalls inside his heart, so the blue blood is mixed with the red blood. This meansthat his blood does not get enough oxygen to his body. His condition is called'Heterotaxy with Right sidedness' or 'Asplenia(Ivemarks syndrome - outdated term). Many of his organs are not where they should be inside of his body. He does not have a spleen which is more important than I always thought, especially for babies. It puts him at greater risk of infection. The spleen, we can do nothing about. But as he grows older, his body should handleinfections better. His first 3 surgeries were just to get a blood supply to his lungs. These shunts are crude and temporary - but they have been the gift of life to Jesse Lane. A new connection to the lungs to get permanent blood flow is now needed. Equally important - the red blood needs to be separated from the blue blood so that he can grow more normally. His oxygen saturation on room air is 72 - 78 %most of the time. On oxygen, he can get about 82 %. (Normal is 99-100 %)

In this surgery, the doctors will try to do several things to 're-plumb' our sweet boy.The surgery that is usually done on these children in some form is not a possibility for Jesse Lane because of how many things are in the wrong place or missing. Dr. John Mayer at Boston Children's Hospital believes he can do something else for Jesse Laneand that now is the right time. We have tremendous faith in him, as he has a wonderful reputation and I know that he is doing this because he believes he can be successful.

Please keep Jesse Lane and his mom and dad, Laura and Lane and his little brother, Michael Aiden, in your prayers. I also ask that you pray especially for Dr. Mayer. We are so grateful that God has blessed him with this gift and that he was placed in Jesse Lane's life.

Here are some specific prayer requests from his mother, Laura:

1. A "baffle" between the left ventricle and his misplaced aorta will be possible.

2. The "AV node" will not be paralyzed or jeopardized during the procedure. This would require a permanent pacemaker that would have to be internally placed and changed every 8-9 years.

3. That whatever the surgeon decides to do Thursday will be in accordance with God's will and that he will be diligent in his decision-making. No doubt he will. Dr. Mayer is a Christian man.

" Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. (Ephesians 3:20)

love,