Request For Healing Thoughts and Prayers

One of my very good friends is under-going back surgery today - Larry is retired from the US Navy, he loves his hawg, he loves to fish, and he has a great sense of humor.  The MDs say it's a five-hour procedure - they have to remove hardware from a spinal fusion back in the 1980s, and then re-do the fusion, using today's techniques.  Larry will miss 7 months of work - and I'll miss him, because he's one of my favorite bus drivers.  (Plus, he's been to Chincoteague many times and understands the way my brain works.)  I'm asking for thoughts of healing and prayers to whomever you worship for him.
  I'm also asking for prayers and healing thoughts to be sent to my brother-in-law's youngest brother, Kent, in South Dakota.  Kent is the youngest of six siblings; two weeks ago, his wife had a biopsy done on her lymph nodes, which turned out benign.  However, while Vanessa was in the hospital, Kent began having terribly painful headaches.  He was admitted to the hospital with bleeding inside his brain.  The MRIs showed a pinpoint spot in his brain, but three surgeons couldn't agree what it was.  Kent has been at home resting, and went back for another MRI Tuesday.  Yesterday, he was told there is a tumor growing at a rapid pace deep inside his brain - in two weeks it has grown from a pinpoint to 3 centimeters by 4 centimeters in size.  The tumor is so deeply embedded that the MDs say they can only biopsy an extremely small piece of the tumor without doing damage to Kent's brain.  The biopsy will be done tomorrow.  Again, I ask for healing thoughts and prayers to be sent for Kent and his family in South Dakota.   His wife, Vanessa, and children, Dominique and Karissa, could also use a little boost of positive vibrations.
   Thank You!