This past Thursday, Bro. Heidenreich had a surgical procedure performed to remove the mass that was resting behind the pancreas. They believed the mass to be a cyst, and the preliminary test shows the mass was benign. On Friday morning, he was experiencing extreme pain and his doctors told him to go to the emergency room to see if he was having a reaction to the pain medications. After several hours at the Longview Hospital, the staff suggested late Friday night that he be transferred to the East Texas Medical Center in Tyler, Texas. After the staff at ETMC studied the x-rays and cat scan, they determined that his right kidney was enlarged due to another blockage which was causing the extreme pain. They felt that if they removed the blockage it would relieve the kidney and stop the leakage.
This morning Bro. Heidenreich went into surgery around 11AM to have the blockage removed. Thankfully, they were able to remove several more large kidney stones which was blocking the kidney. He is recovering from surgery, and if all goes well he will be released from the hospital on Sunday.
We want to thank all those who have prayed, left kind messages and even tried to contact Bro. Heidenreich. Hopefully, this will be the last of the surgery’s and that he will be able to move forward with his ministry in reaching the lost around the world.