Scheduled

Hayden's surgery, the Completion Fontan, is scheduled for Monday, March 30th. He will have a pre-op appointnent on Friday, March 27th. All at Hopkins.
We will discuss the surgery with him in the week or so prior to his pre-op.
Rob and I are ready. We are feeling really good about this and are slowly arranging our lives around it. Ya know, making sure we all have haircuts before surgery ;-) I am not spinning, yet...
We are slowly letting everyone know and will send out a mass e-mail as it gets a bit closer. We so appreciate the kind words and thoughts and prayers that have been offered. It means so much to us to be surrouned by so many caring people.
We are trying to " get things done" in March. Rob is in Myrtle Beach, Hayden is on an adventure with Pop and Grammy and I am , well , I am at work molding the minds of the future or something. We are painting our family room , ordering carpet, getting a new TV and waiting for our new furniture to come in. We are also tying to get in some skiing before it is officially Spring (not me- just watching). Rob and I are preparing for the relay portion of the Frederick Marathon.

Will post again soon...

And the ball is rolling

Hayden had a Cardiology check-up yesterday. It went just fine. He actually seems to like these appointments. Some of you know that this is a HUGE shift from when he was younger. Back then, he'd cry and scream and gag. Once he threw up all over me and I had to take off my shirt and wear Rob's jacket. ( Not a great fit. I resembled a flasher. Nice look.)Anyway, he was excited to go and even had his own questions to ask Dr. Brenner. ( He was quite satisfied with the answers he got.) He adores DR. Brenner, as do we. He gets my sarcasm which is always a plus since I become more sarcastic and abrasive when I am nervous. ( I know, this is utterly shocking)
We are gearing up for Hayden's next surgery, the Fontan Completion. We will be getting s surgery date shortly. Most likely the early part of April.
And so, the ball is rolling. Again.
I'll start making lists just as soon as we have a date:-) I'd better put that on my list...