chad

The Buckner family is having major life altering adventures right now. Chad was booked into the hospital on Tuesday afternoon due to back pain and numbness in his legs and waist. Come to find out his T2 vertebrae was 70% collapsed and a tumor like substance was in the area. Thursday he was transferred to the Huntsman Cancer institute to prepare for major back surgery. Friday he had a procedure done to cut off the blood vessels to the vertebrae. Saturday he went in for surgery. 8 - 10 am he was prepped. 10-5 he was in surgery. They removed the tumor and sent it for testing. They then removed the vertebrae and everything around it. They inserted titanium cages and lots of rods, screws, plates etc. The surgery appears to have gone very well. He obviously is in lots of pain but he looks good and is handling it all very well. Our prayers are being answered everyday. I will keep you posted as often as I can.