Day 4- Waiting and Wondering
This post is being done on Sunday evening, but I am trying to chronicle events from Thursday.
We went today for a pre-surgical physical and were able to hear the heartbeats of both Joseph and Jonathan and they were strong. The Dr's seem to think that everything is okay for surgery. We had some free time today and then later in the afternoon, we have a final consultation before surgery.
Again, I will emphatically state that the people here at Cincinnati Children's Hospital are some of the finest people in the medical profession. They have been kind, gracious, and very patient with us, answering our questions, addressing our fears and concerns.
We had the meeting and it was pretty straightforward about the risks and benefits of the surgery. The doctors are not giving us much hope for our son Jonathan, but he seems to exhibit the same fighting spirit that his father had many years ago. We are praying that the procedure will be a success and that mom and both boys will be fine. The procedure is scheduled for 9:30 am but we have to be at the hospital bright and early around 7:30 am.
We are very thankful for the prayers of God's people during this time. We also found out that our return home will be delayed a day because of Monday's Federal Holiday. We are also still waiting for a room at the Ronald McDonald House, which will help us save some money. We planned on being gone at least a week, but it looks like it will be a longer stay because of various scheduling issues.
During our downtime, we went and did some shopping for baby items because my wife will be on bedrest once the procedure is done. I liked playing with the toys that make noise at the Baby Gap! I did not realize how much fun it can be to shop for clothes for your children, but it is tough knowing that one son (Jonathan) is still struggling, but he is hanging in there.
We went today for a pre-surgical physical and were able to hear the heartbeats of both Joseph and Jonathan and they were strong. The Dr's seem to think that everything is okay for surgery. We had some free time today and then later in the afternoon, we have a final consultation before surgery.
Again, I will emphatically state that the people here at Cincinnati Children's Hospital are some of the finest people in the medical profession. They have been kind, gracious, and very patient with us, answering our questions, addressing our fears and concerns.
We had the meeting and it was pretty straightforward about the risks and benefits of the surgery. The doctors are not giving us much hope for our son Jonathan, but he seems to exhibit the same fighting spirit that his father had many years ago. We are praying that the procedure will be a success and that mom and both boys will be fine. The procedure is scheduled for 9:30 am but we have to be at the hospital bright and early around 7:30 am.
We are very thankful for the prayers of God's people during this time. We also found out that our return home will be delayed a day because of Monday's Federal Holiday. We are also still waiting for a room at the Ronald McDonald House, which will help us save some money. We planned on being gone at least a week, but it looks like it will be a longer stay because of various scheduling issues.
During our downtime, we went and did some shopping for baby items because my wife will be on bedrest once the procedure is done. I liked playing with the toys that make noise at the Baby Gap! I did not realize how much fun it can be to shop for clothes for your children, but it is tough knowing that one son (Jonathan) is still struggling, but he is hanging in there.
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