[LenaGardner]

Got an update!

Some of our prayers for little Emma Taylor have already been answered! After over five hours of surgery today, doctors at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital are confident that they have removed all of the fast-growing tumor that was located where one of her kidneys was supposed to be. Of course, they also removed some of the area around the tumor--a lymph node and such--as a precautionary measure. The surgeons had warned Emma's mother Jan that the surgery could last up to twelve hours, but following the procedure told her that it was not as complicated as they had thought it could be. Emma will be in recovery for a few hours this afternoon before her family can see her. Please do continue to pray for her; she's still facing rounds of radiation and chemotherapy treatments for the spots they've found on her lungs. And again, all her family and all the rest of us who are her church family so very much appreciate your ardent prayers in her behalf.