Lord in heaven my brother is having surgery on 22 January (next Monday) to have his throat cancer removed. This surgery will take up to 8-10 hours, he will be slit from ear to ear under his jaw and his jaw will be broken at his chin for the surgeon to get to the back of his throat to remove the cancer there, in his tonsil, and lymph nodes that were affected by the cancer. He will have a skin graft taken either from his arm or his chest depending upon the hole that needs to be plugged in the back of his throat. My prayer to you is that number one he survives being sedate 8-10 hours and that the cancer has shrunk to a smaller size so the hole won't be that big in the back of the throat to be plugged. I pray the surgeon does a fantastic job in removing his cancer and that he will survive this ordeal with minimum impact to his breathing again (trach must be intact before surgeon begins to allow him to breath druing surgery), learning to swallow again and eat again, and talk again. This is a radical surgery so please have mercy on him and help him have peace of mind that he will survive and wake up from anesthesia. In the name of Jesus Christ I pray oh Lord. Amen! Appreciate all the prayers we can get to help him throughout this ordeal, especially on the 22nd of January (next Monday).