Surgical Update

The surgery scheduler called back this afternoon to say we're a "go" for Friday morning, however, there has been a slight change of plans. They will be doing the surgery in the main hospital not in the outpatient eye clinic as they had originally planned. Obviously this is the part of the new plan we do like, we feel much better (and more familiar) with Max being on the main surgical floor. In the end maybe things do turn out for the best, who knows?

We are to report for "duty" at 6 AM and surgery will be at 7:30. Max is actually ready and seemed relieved when we told him we had a day and time. I don't really blame him, as stressful as this surgery has been for Max the uncertainty of the "when" just seemed to compound his anxiety. God bless this kid and all he deals with.

We are also thankful to Max's cardiac surgeon, when I called his office this morning to explain the situation he immediately agreed to see us after his first surgical case tomorrow. Barring any emergencies we should see Dr. Vricella at 1 o'clock to discuss the few options we have for Max's open heart surgery this summer.

We know the surgery is a reality so now we're praying that the doctors' will make the right choices regarding the best valve options for Max. Each type of valve has its own pros and cons so it's hard to figure out which option we feel most comfortable with.

The next two days will be tough, as much as I love Max's surgeon I really hate these appointments because there hasn't been much good news regarding Max's heart in a very, very long time. I'll update once we know more.