Surgery is On Its Way

We’re at Children’s Hospital right now and Matthew has gone into surgery. We had big questions this morning about whether or not they were actually going to do the procedure—especially since Matthew had been battling a cold last week, through the weekend, and into this week.

However, when the anesthesiologist came to examine him, she said his lungs sounded clear! So we got the green light.

At around 9am this morning, I gowned up in the big white suit (again!) and carried an awake Matthew into the operating room. He’s such a trooper with all these surgeries and procedures—he fussed a little bit, but was mostly just chill and looking around. He once again had on a little, tiny Looney Tunes gown, and these giant red socks. I have to admit that he looked adorable.

I loved seeing the friendly, familiar face of Dr. Tse, our surgeon, in the operating room. His nod and smile reassured me that he would once again take good care of my boy.

So now we wait. Mom is here with me again this time, so I have a very patient, calm companion for this day. We expect to hear a few updates as the procedure goes along, but I don’t think we’ll probably see Matthew until about 2 or 3 this afternoon.

Dear friends and family, we appreciate your continued prayers and thoughts for Matthew throughout this day. I am SO grateful that the surgery is going as planned—that soon he’ll be done with the palate repair—and that we can begin the healing process.

I’ll update more as the day goes along!