It's Time to Mend Her Broken Heart

Lydia's surgery is scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday, June 25, 2015.  Dan and I are fortunate enough to have a Ronald McDonald Room at the hospital tonight so we can cuddle her as long as we want and see her off to surgery in the morning.  

The team will take her to the operating room around 8:00am and we probably won't see her again until after 5:00pm.  She'll have an hour or so of pre-op, a 3-4 hour surgery, and then a couple hours of post-op.  We'll get regular updates from the nurses and then meet with the surgeon when it's finished.  And then, finally, we'll get to see our baby girl with her mended heart.  

We've met the cardiac nurses, the surgeon and the anesthesiologist and have been impressed with them all.  Lydia will be in the hands of some of the finest people in the field tomorrow.  We can't begin to know what tomorrow will be like for us, but knowing she is with the experts will help us remain as calm as possible.  

Thank you all for your care and concern regarding Lydia and her surgery.  I'll update the blog as soon as I can to let you know how she is doing.