Surgery #5

If you are feeling like we seem to average a surgery per year...that'd be about right and those are our sentiments exactly.

We are tired of surgeries and mush diets...but when you walk into CHKD you can hardly contemplate feeling sorry for yourself...we have a boy who is healthy, active, and smart with a full life ahead of him...these are still speed bumps...just one of those really annoying parking lots with way more speed bumps than you wish it had...

We noticed there was another fistula in Makin's palate and got ahold of Dr. MaGee's office around Sept/Oct to let them know. Then we got the email I have been dreading for about 6 years...Dr. MaGee was retiring...in December. I emailed asking if there was any way he could fit us in in December...forget caring about eating Christmas cookies, I wanted our surgeon! Well, Dr. MaGee must have decided to bend the rules a bit and offered to do a surgery for Makin in January. While our hearts are a bit broken we don't get a summer beach trip combined with surgery, we feel that strongly about Dr. MaGee's expertise. So, the decision was made and we just had to decide how many of us were going.

We decided it would be best if all four of us went. We got a bit more space in the hotel this time around and are staying several days longer for recovery, so hoping that means I won't need to carry this sweet boy through the airport on the way home. :)

We appreciate your prayers. Surgery is January 11th and we will spend one night in the hospital.  He has a really hard time the first few days after surgery because he is miserable with the packing in his mouth. We will have yet another mush diet for 3 weeks following.