Praying for Jon and Jess

For those of you who follow this blog, I want you to be aware of a serious prayer need for a couple of amazing friends from Quincy. Jessica is having surgery on Friday and I'm asking you to join in praying for them. You can follow the updates by searching Please Pray for Jess

Here's what they put on their facebook page:

Nearly three years ago, we found out that my wife, Jess, has a serious brain condition. She has what is called an AVM (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arteriovenous_malformation). They discovered it because, on December 1, 2007, she had a brain hemorrhage that she recovered from, and in the following April, her AVM was treated with Gamma Knife (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_knife) because it is located in an area of her brain that is difficult to access surgically. The risk with Gamma Knife, though, is that its effectiveness is gradual. It treats the AVM by building scar tissue which is a process that takes years to complete. Until that process is complete, she runs the risk of it bleeding again.

That is exactly what happened on October 29, 2010. She has been stable in the hospital, recovering steadily. The plan the doctors were leaning towards again was to do another treatment of Gamma Knife. They said the first treatment is working tremendously so far and that given another 1.5-2 years, it would probably finish the job on its own.

Unfortunately, on November 7, it bled again while she was in the hospital. Time now seems more critical, because any bleed could be catastrophic. They are now recommending surgery - to be performed probably on Friday, November 12th. This is a major surgery with very real risks. Even if successful, the recovery will be long and rough.

On September 29th of this year, we adopted our first child, Mae Denise. She is 6 weeks old, is the best thing that has ever happened to us, and needs her mother to come home soon. All Jessica has ever wanted to do was be a mommy. Please pray that she can be just that.

A good friend, Candace Baker, started this page and asked if I would write this to explain our situation so that more of you can pray for my amazing wife. Words cannot describe how much I appreciate all of you. I will link to the updates that I've been writing along the way for friends and family.

Thank you again for taking the time to read about our situation. If possible, please pray for my wife. Pray for her healing and pray for her doctors and their wisdom.

Thank you so much,

Jon Pittman