Well, here we go. We have decided to go ahead with Faith's jaw surgery scheduled for June 7th. I told my new boss about it to see whether it would be okay or if it might be better if I postponed it, and his response was to keep it as planned, everything else could wait. Nice response; I think I found yet another great person to work for! Really, over all my years of working, I have had some really great bosses who were good at both inspring hard work and being very human. I'm very grateful.
We went ahead today and bought our airline tickets, on Southwest of course! We will be arriving on Monday, June 4th, into Indianapolis at 6:45pm and will then drive to our hotel in Cincinnati, about a 2-2.5 hour drive, so it will be pretty late by the time we get settled in. Fred and I thought it would be good to be there a couple days early so that we could do a few fun things with Faith before her big surgery on Thursday.
We have started preparing Faith for the surgery, talking about the details a little bit, that they will be taking bone from her back to put into her jaw. So far her questions have been, will they give her the sleepy gas and will the bone in her shoulder grow back. Those are some pretty good questions! I also told her they may need to wire her mouth shut to which she responded by feeling how her teeth have a big gap in front and saying she would still be able to get a straw in there, which may or may not be true, since her lower jaw will probably be moved forward a lot.
I was having such a hard time dealing with this surgery being much more involved than a regular jaw distraction, but after talking with lots of people and especially just spending a lot of time talking with Fred about it, we just feel like this is the best thing to do right now. We realize it's going to be pretty hectic around here with me starting a new job just 2 weeks before this surgery, but in a way that is good, because the job wont have become crazy yet.
Just wanted to let everyone know we are going ahead. I plan to be posting regularly on the blog while we are there, and we really enjoy everyone's support and comments.
More soon,
Robin
4 comments:
So glad things are getting better for you and hope that all goes well with the surgery. Love you!
Oh, my! I found that astounding that Faith thought to ask if the bone would grow back! She's soooo smart!! Hope we can be there with you for some support. Love, Mom
That must be a whole different ball game with Faith being old enough now to understand and ask questions. I have to say, if there's an upside to Cicily's new diagnosis, not having more surgery is it!
Our family will certainly be praying for Faith and your whole family.
Janalyn,
All I can say is you amaze me and I'm glad Cicily is done with surgeries as well.
Love,
Robin
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