We’re as ready as we can be for tomorrow’s surgery. The neurosurgeon has come to visit with us and talk about the surgery multiple times.... Kevin and I visited with the sweet baby Sarah Catherine and her wonderful parents today to see how her shunt looks. Sarah Catherine looks amazing! She’s doing so well🥰 The girls’ shunts will be very visible as a bump under the skin on their skulls for awhile... but as they grow, the shunts will become less noticeable.
We feel that we’re right where God wants us right now. This is an absolutely necessary surgery, and so we’ll walk into tomorrow giving every minute over to the Lord... one minute at a time if that’s all I can handle at that moment. But ultimately, we trust that God has His hand on our family, today, tomorrow, and all the days always.
Annelise had a great and restful day. She gained weight again! So now she’s 4 lbs 13oz and 17.12 inches long!
Tonight she will get an IV placed for surgery tomorrow. She’s historically a “hard poke”, so the night could be long if they can’t get an IV in quickly and have to poke Annelise multiple times. I stayed at the hospital again to be with her tonight and sleep in the recliner in her room. Praying that her nurse will be able to get the IV in on the first try!
Tomorrow she will go to the OR and be scoped by the ENT specialist before she has her shunt surgery. I’m impressed with the communication between different departments here. Happy they worked together to combine procedures for Annelise!
The shunt surgery shouldn’t last too long.
The biggest risk after the surgery is over is any infection, or the shunt failing.
Praying for NO infections and a successful surgery! Also praying that the ENT specialist will make wise choices regarding the scope and direction that he chooses to take Annelise’s case regarding her breathing in the future. I’m also lifting up to the Lord a request for peace and calmness for Annelise while she has that breathing tube. I am looking forward to seeing her able to lay on her back again and not struggle for air.
We were able to have a nice visit with Annelise’s Uncle Eric and Aunt Melanie 💕this morning before they drove back to their home in Minnesota. In the afternoon, Grandma and Grandpa Buchanan 💕came over and we put together some photos of Annelise to share with other family at the reunion they are going to next month. We said goodbye to our last visitors this evening, then got to help give Annelise a bath to start prep for the big day tomorrow.
I’ll make up for not having photos of the babe yesterday by being able to share some of her professional photos! What a special gift we were given, and I’m so excited to share them with you!🤩
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