Jake update 8/13

Jake had an appointment yesterday 8/12 and his bone is looking great!!  He has 72 mm of beautiful new bone growth. Dr. Paley's assistant said if everything continues to go well then we should be done in about two weeks.  So we scheduled our LAST Dr. Paley clinic appointment for 8/25... YAY!!!!!

Here is a screen shot of Jake's progress so far... Praise God!! Amazing right!

Thank you for all your prayers for Jake.  He tells us all the time that God is helping his bone grow and he says he feels better when people pray for him!  He still has to endure so much pain, discomfort and frustration with this process but he handles it like a champ.  He really is Super Jake!!

Here are some pictures of our August so far....

Charles caught a monster Cobia which made him very happy! 

Jake has been feeling great over the last week which has allowed him to enjoy swimming again.

Group pic at the South Florida Science Museum

Dad's birthday dinner at Panama Hattie's

These are two of the "main" physical therapists that Jake sees everyday and who have helped him tremendously through this whole process!

Mom and Jake after scheduling our last Paley office visit and starting the two week countdown to HOME!!

Please continue to keep Jake in you prayers, we found out that Jake has some more loose pins and he has a minor pin infection.  He is on antibiotics which are working great and the loose pins are not creating any additional pain at this time.  Please pray that the infection will not get any worse and that his loose pins will not cause increased pain.  Please also pray for his strength and determination these last few weeks and for God to grow his bone to our goal length of 8 cm.  Thank you!  Love, The Petraske Family.