I heard back from the Texas surgeon today, as I had sent him an update & pictures (via e-mail) on Monday. He agreed that part of the area is a bit deceiving and possibly looks closed, although he thinks we are correct in sticking with our original “surgery plan” for Monday, May 12th. He said that unless the area completely closes by the end of next week (fairly unlikely), we are on the right track. His office is supposed to call me tomorrow with a surgery time for Monday, May 12th – will likely be early morning. He knows & is in full agreement that the last thing we want is to not do enough with the next surgery to fully correct the problem, so we both know that we will do somewhat more than may seem necessary (due to past history). Still very grateful that the TX surgeon takes the time to communicate via e-mail.
There is a certain amount of “mental preparation” that takes place before a big surgery. I’ve processed it … know what is coming and am ready to move forward. Long haul ahead still, but God’s grace has carried us this far and will continue. Being away from work for four weeks may be the hardest part, but I’ll get through it. There is some comfort in knowing that I don’t have to get well quick & hurry back to work.
Tonight we stopped at AT&T on the way home from work and made sure that my laptop has what we need to connect to the Internet at the hospital …. so there are no surprises! The sales guy spent over an hour with us, but we are set and ready to connect – there should be no problems when we get to Texas. We can connect to the Internet through my cell phone and only had to do a special contract for the month of May – good news.
I am swamped at work, which has been somewhat good this week. It has kept my mind occupied and there has not been a lot of time for worrying. I am attempting to hire 2-3 individuals in the next several days for summer camp in June. I sent out an e-mail to past parent volunteers and had a huge response today; clearly lots of people need jobs.
Funny story that happened with kids at work yesterday ….
At the beginning of every visit day I do “training” on equipment at our television station. The kids to a broadcast, record interviews, and operate real TV equipment. I was giving my usual speech to two kids that were totally preoccupied and enthralled with the pins in my toes. They were not listening to anything I was saying and their eyes were glued to my foot. I finally said, “Okay …. everyone come look at the pins in my toes for 30 seconds and then I need you to focus on directions.” One kid looked at another kid and said, “That looks like the worst pain you could ever imagine …. We have no problems compared to her.” It was all I could do to not tell them to enjoy the carefree lifestyle as a fifth grader. I assured them that it wasn’t painful & then everyone got back to work beautifully.
The Cubs and Cardinals play each other this weekend. My Chicago orthopod and I are both cheering for our home teams, so we’ll see what happens. Go Cardinals!
Love,
Jenny
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