UPDATE: For King & Country Family Member Recovering After Major Surgery
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Luke Smallbone, one of the lead singers of for King & Country took to social media to keep fans updated on how his son Leo was doing, following delicate reconstructive surgery to his skull.
Following delicate cranial surgery on Tuesday, January 9th, Luke Smallbone from for King and Country had this to say about how surgery went and next steps for the family....
“He’s simply doing so well that we can’t find a reason to keep him any longer.” Doctors are completely astonished at how fast our sweet Leo recovered. I even overheard one nurse say, “We’ve never seen a patient recover so quickly from this surgery (that he just had only 3 days ago!).” Of course, these docs might be surprised and wonder how this could happen, but we are certain of the answer: prayer. To each of the thousands of you around the world who have been praying for our son, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you.
And one more thing. This has not been an easy journey and honestly, Leo’s had quite a dramatic life so far, but I am completely blown away by my wife’s consistency in such deep prayer. I’m a different man having witnessed her great faith in praying for his protection, and for blessings on his life. We could not be more joyful in bringing our little Leo home.
To each of the thousands of you around the world who have been praying for Leo, thank you. Much love to you all and once again, thank you for your prayers. -L
On the for King & Country Facebook page, co-lead singer Luke Smallbone conveyed the emotional response any father would have as his son would face such major surgery for such a small child. Even without much detail on the surgery itself, Luke still gave us an intimate insight into what the Smallbone family was going through...
Tomorrow (which would be January 9th) at 7:15am our sweet little Leo will have skull reconstruction surgery and would love it if you could pray for him and for us. I sit here 12 hours before we’ll leave for the hospital and I didn’t think I’d feel much. But I do. I so wish he didn’t have to walk through the physical pain, but the fact that he can have healing and restoration is a gift from God. The heartache that I’ve experienced makes me very grateful that God allowed Jesus to die for us because my love is a broken love (yet still I feel so much!) but God’s love, perfect. I wonder how much more God’s heart must have ached! Because of Jesus, my wife and I have this great hope and trust me..we cling to it tightly! -L
We reported here that Luke himself had suffered a long bout with colitis, but doctors told him late 2017 that the disease was in remission. One less burden to carry.
for King & Country will be a part of The Roadshow 2018 tour, with their first performance scheduled for February 16th, 2018 in Charlottesville, VA. It's not known at this time whether Leo's cranial surgery will affect the tour schedule.
The band as well as the Smallbone family would appreciate your prayers for Leo, the medical team performing the surgery, and the Smallbones.
We'll keep you posted as we get more information.
