Well folks, it's finally here. Tomorrow is the big day. For some the title of this post may be crude but it does illustrate the main goal of tomorrow. I have been telling Madeleine all week that after Friday she will poop out of her butt... Not surprisingly she doesn't get it. All the better for her.
We were both steady at the helm of the ship until this morning when the alarm clock went off and it hit me like a ton of bricks. Why again are we doing this? Is the bag really that bad? Then I came to and remembered the evenings where I was by myself waiting for Brent to come home with a naked baby in my arms covered in poop... Yes it is time, and yes we are ready. It doesn't make me have to like it.
Here are the facts. All of which could change when you enter the vortex known as hospital land.
- We are scheduled for surgery at 8:45am. We have to arrive at surgery by 6:45am. She will be NPO after midnight and will have pedialite until 4am to make sure she gets all her fluids (extremely important with Pulmonary Hypertension)
-The Operating Room is scheduled for 2.5 hours, this does not count putting in IV lines.
- We are allowed to sit with her until she goes into the O.R. and we will then not see her again until they have given report to the CICU nurse that will be taking care of her. After the surgeons part in the surgery is done she will come out and tell us how it went and then we usually wait about 45 min to see Madeleine up in CICU. If all goes as planned we should be able to see her around noon - early afternoon.
- You are given a pager so that you can leave the waiting room and still be in touch. For the big surgeries they give you a text pager to be alerted to the key moments of the surgery. I say - no thanks.... No big surgeries.
You may wonder what parents do when their child is in surgery. The main goal is to not bite each others heads off. Easier said than done. Lots of useless trips to the bathroom, cafeteria, flipping through magazines you would never fathom reading ( I believe last time I read RV enthusiast). My father will be there to review useless sports facts of the past decade with Brent. They both find it soothing.
This is big no HUGE and we can't wait/are scared out of our minds....
Think happy thoughts tomorrow at 8:45.
We'll post as soon as we know something. Poopy diapers here we come!!!!!
Kirsten, Madeleine and Brent
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We'll be there with you in spirit and our positive thoughts and prayers will be going out to you and our sweetie,Mattie. We'll be at the priory at Weston, Vt.this weekend so our whole group will be praying that all goes well. Our Love, Aunt Jen and Uncle Willy
Been praying! Hope everything is going wonderfully, as Madeleine should be in surgery at this very moment. Will be praying for complete success with the surgery and speedy recovery!
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