Monday, December 29, 2008

Here we go...again


Madi, Grampa and I leave one week from today for surgery on Thursday, January 8th, at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, PA.
I have done the usual...insurance clearance, work organization, school notification, Ronald McDonald House arrangements, car check, finances tightened, friends contacted... it seems that the list of unusual for most has become the usual for us. Madi has been having surgeries for ten years now... and she has been going to Pitt since she was FOUR years old.
It is incredible, really. Inconceivable in so many ways. Our worries never cease, her nerves never steady, my tears still fall. We spend many nights at this point sitting up late together, talking... or not. Just being. Together.
The need to "just be" is indescribable unless you have been there, done that. We never doubt that all will go well. We always doubt that all will go well.
It is that simply complicated, really.

We will, as usual, keep you posted via this site on all that occurs leading up to, the day of, and following surgery. We thank you for your prayers and positive thoughts and want you to know how much we will miss all of our friends and family...

Rhonda