June 14th & Odds and Ends

I just received the call, the date is set! Sophie will be having surgery at St. Vincent's Mercy in Toledo, OH on June 14th at 8:00 am.

I spoke with Kimby, Dr. Butto's nurse yesterday and she told me that they were waiting to hear back from the anesthesiologist to see if he could be there.

How this is all happening simply amazes me, not sure if it is in a good way or not yet. Last Wednesday Dan was told we could wait until June 20th to go back and see Dr. Butto and schedule surgery then or we could call and do it sooner. When I spoke to Dr. Butto on Friday he said that he though it needed to be done sooner than later so we made the choice to do it sooner. Dr. Butto didn't have an opening until the end of July and he said she couldn't wait that long. Really? Then why did you tell us we could wait until June 20th when we saw him again?

Instead of waiting until July Dr. Butto made his adult patient take the July opening and Sophie is in the June 14th opening. The peds  anesthesiologist is out of town at that time so the adults anesthesiologist is going to be in there with Sophie. Pray for wisdom on his end to know the difference in how much a baby needs and an adult. I know it will all be ok, but extra prayers will never do harm.

In the meantime Sophie is laughing, giggling, rolling all over the living room, bearing weight on her legs, and loves to hang out in her crib. When Dan goes to get her after she wakes from her nap, she will yell at him and get mad because he took her out. She has quite the personality and isn't afraid  to "tell you" what she thinks about any given situation. She must get that from her daddy....hahahahahaaa, we all know better! With all of this chaos that we are surrounded by on any given day, one thing that has remained constant and unchanged is Sophie. Yes, Sophie. Even though the chaos is usually stirred up because of her health issues, one would never know. Sophie will brighten your day, make you smile from the inside and because of her, I am a better person, a better mom! Thank you Sophie for being such a bright light in my life.

Shane has passed the 5th grade, by the seat of his pants. This has been a rough year for him with school. It isn't that Shane isn't capable, because he is very bright, but Shane doesn't give two hoots about anything. He doesn't care that he gets a 0 when he doesn't turn in his finished assignments, or he doesn't care when he punches someone for telling him "At least I have a mom"! (We didn't punish him for that because truth be known, I would have punched the kid too)

 Shane has a lot on his plate and he is doing the best he can with the hand that has been dealt to him. He plays each card strategically and knows what he is doing. I can't fault him for that. Shane had a great team of teachers behind him this year and I can say that we as a family were blessed to have those women in his life as well as his principal and assistant principal. Shane finished with 4 A's and 3 C's! It could be worse, it has been worse! We  just want Shane to do his best and feel good about it. The feeling good about himself is what we are working on now. Thank you Shane for being so refreshing. You are full of life, personality, and kindness. You have a heart of gold. I am proud of the young man that you are trying to become. You are like a diamond in the rough, the best is yet to be seen!