Surgery had to be Rescheduled

We were supposed to fly to Cincinnati this morning, but unfortunately when I talked to one of the nurses at Cincinnati Children's yesterday about Faith's cold, they called the anesthesiologists and they said they would not put her under and that they wanted to wait 4-6 weeks following a respiratory cold.  We were so bummed out as she seemed to have bounced back so quickly from this bug - fever was down for a few days and she was sleeping through the nights again without coughing or needing any suctioning.

It was especially tough after having prepared her school friends for her being gone for 6-8 weeks and now she will go back to school tomorrow!  I'm sure they will understand, but it might be a bit confusing at first.

I just got off the phone with Dr. Gordon's scheduling assistant, Denise, who I talk to pretty frequently when we are planning these things.  I really like talking to her, she always fills me in on some gossip about Dr. G! :)
And she is very easy to work with.  So, we have new dates....

April 18th - Jaw Distraction, Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy
May 16th - Chin Advancement
May 22nd - Removal of Hardware

The good part of this is that we were able to schedule her 2nd and 3rd surgeries just a week apart so we can stay for the week instead of having to fly out twice or have a local surgeon here in Denver do the final surgery.

If all these dates actually hold and no issues arise (we have to be open to that as you can see, things are rarely in our control!) this also means Faith will be done and home in time to go to school for the last 3 days of the school year!   They get out pretty early here in Denver, their last day of school is May 29th this year, we also start earlier, usually by mid-August.

So, here's hoping these new dates all work out.  It's a bit crazy -- we will actually go to Branson, MO on April 10th (or 11th? I have to check our flight reservations again) for Meghan's wedding on Saturday, the 13th, and then we drive back up to KC to fly home on Monday the 15th.  I'm think I might just see if Faith and I can fly to Cincinnati from there instead of going home first.

Okay, well I need to call Southwest now and see what they will do for me with our tickets.

More soon,
Robin