What a day!

I have a really exciting announcement to make but first I have to tell about our pre-op day. I think that we are going to go ahead with the neurosurgery and with Bob... I trust Bob... I do not feel that he is inept. I still worry about the hospital itself but when we met with Anesthesia for Pre-op we re-iterated SEVERAL times that we would like to have Dr. Reddy do the anesthesia and that Dr. Brown was our second choice because those are the only two people who have ever put her under at UK. Dr. Reddy has been with us since Ky was born and would definitely feel more comfortable having her with Ky... plus she knows all Ky's little quirks.

We had her labwork and urinalysis done and I am assuming they will call me if there is something weird. Wed we will see Dr. Cottrill (cardiologist) for her one year heart check up and echo. Yesterday I was extremely anxious about meeting with Bob... he is very extremely low key. I am obviously NOT that... but you know.. maybe that is what we need in this situation... I think my main concern is this.... Is UK good enough without Joe? Everything was relatively good throughout our stays in the past few months but knowing that there were MANY times when I could have just lost it but those issues were alleviated by Joe... being there... available and taking extra good care of us. And its not to say that we expect Bob to BE Joe... because we don't... we think he is a nice guy and genuinely have enjoyed talking with him... Most of all I am having to come to terms with the fact that not everyone can be a "Dr. Joe" (which is very different than being JOE himself....) and we are incredibly lucky that the majority of our surgeries have been under Joe's umbrella... and this time there will be no Joe. I mean... holy crap I about died when Bob said he RARELY ever uses email .... ugh.


Today is also the one year anniversary of Ky's SECOND heart surgery. Today could have been a hard day for me but I spent it doing one of the BEST things ever.... which leads me to my NEXT post and announcement!