Surgery Tomorrow (Thurs.)

Woke up this morning to find Bailey still in rhythm. Yeah! Then Dr. T came by to tell us that surgery is scheduled for tomorrow - instead of Fri. or Mon. - due to the slim crew because of the Thanksgiving holiday. Lots of his crew is leaving town but a few of them are rearranging their holiday schedule so they can be sure and be here for Bailey's surgery. That gives you an idea of the wonderful people who work here. I am deeply grateful for their sacrifices they make to be here with us.

Wow. Surgery tomorrow. That's in the morning. That's like we go to bed tonight and wake up in the morning to go to surgery. Wow. I know it's only one day sooner than we expected, but when he said "tomorrow" it was like jumping in to an ice-cold pool of water. And ever since that moment, it seems to be harder and harder to take a breath. My heart even fluttered around a little bit about an hour ago. It took my breath away for a second. I've just been walking around here all day thinking that with every minute that goes by, we're one minute closer to the morning.

Lots of people stopped in today to wish Bailey well tomorrow. There are certainly a lot of people around here who love Bailey. She even received a bouquet of balloons today from Berlin Heart. How cool is that? Dr. T said, "Gee, Bailey, it's too bad you don't have very many friends." Well-wishes from half-way around the world brought a smile to her face today. Thank you, Berlin Heart! We love each and every one of you and think of you often only to realize how blessed we are to have met you.

They're working hard to get Bailey's blood thinner reversed in time for surgery in the morning. She's receiving fresh frozen plasma again. She had a reaction to one of the units she received a few weeks ago, but so far so good. She can't be pre-treated with benedryl because it causes her heart to race, but they have it here in our room in case she begins to show signs of a reaction so they can get it to her quickly. Her INR is almost where it needs to be.

Bailey's sleeping soundly. She didn't sleep much at all last night and didn't take any naps today, so I'm hoping she'll sleep through the night. She asked her dad to bring her crab legs from Joe's Crab Shack for dinner tonight. She enjoyed that! Then she laid back in her bed with her fingers intertwined and resting across the top of her big belly and fell right to sleep.

I guess that's it for now. I don't really feel like "hanging up" right now. The family has gone for the evening and I'm sitting here all by myself. A little lonely really. I feel like if I just keep typing and typing and rambling on and on that I won't be by myself -- I'll be with you guys out there in blogger world. But I guess I really don't have anything else to say, so I'll go for now. I'm a big girl - I can handle a little loneliness.

Now, where's my phone? Who can I call? . . . . . . Ha!

Love you all! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all the good thoughts and prayers. I can actually see them flying around in this room.

Angie