Update on Jordan

 I cannot begin to ♥thank you♥ enough for your outpouring 

of prayers and support for Jordan.

Thanks especially to those of you who blogged about him.

Our family has been forever touched by your kindness.

A facebook page has been set up about Jordan, 

and I wanted to share the latest update here.
I'll warn you though, it is heart wrenching to read
about what he's already been through.
This is from his facebook page, written on Friday.

"I talked with Jordan's surgeon tonight approx. 5:20 MST (3-25-11) which is approx. 1:30 am in Germany. The surgeon enlightened me on many of the facts which we had been shielded of,  from the start. First off, Jordan's heart didn't just stop. Jordan arrived at the first medical facility in Afghanistan with no pulse. The medics there, or doctors, opened Jordan's chest so that they could manually massage his heart. They found Jordan's heart void of blood. In medical terms, Jordan had bled out. They tied off his main artery in an attempt to force and keep blood back through the heart and to his brain. 

Jordan was stabilized and transported to Germany but arrived with a fever and he was very sick. The two thumbs up referred to earlier was to determine his brain activity. Two thumbs up is an indication that both sides of the brain were functioning. However, with the lack of blood flow to the tissue in Jordan's left leg, it had become infected, in other words gangrene had set in. Jordan's surgery was an "adjustment". They had to take more of the leg, just about to the hip.

Jordan is in a "medically induced coma". He is being pumped with antibiotics. He still has a fever but the surgeon feels confident that the situation is under control. If all goes well, Jordan could fly out as early as Sunday to Maryland. He will have to go through several more surgeries and skin grafts to his left leg.

This news was devastating since we all thought, and were adjusting to, his injuries being isolated to the loss of his legs from the knee down. Sweet, sweet, sweet dreams my son. Thank you and bless you to all that post here, those that just check in, the gifts and prayers."

Please continue to pray for Jordan and his family, 

especially his wife, son, parents and siblings.

We also now know that other families 

are going through the same thing. 

 We've been told that 7 other soldiers were injured.

 They and their families all need our prayers.

I will get back to regular blogging soon, 

but I know that you understand that Jordan is in the 

forefront of our thoughts right now.

Thank you so much.

Blessings,

Marcia