Our family all met up at the doctors office this afternoon for Dekker’s pre-operative appointment. As per usual, we headed to the same general area in the waiting room, hung up our coats, and I checked him in. Like clockwork, Dekker went to our diaper bag and requested a snack. That room was the first place he got hooked on goldfish crackers, and he counts on them at every visit, so we come prepared. However, today, Dekker gave his first even opinion. He looked att eh goldfish critically, ate a couple, announced “Done!” and passed them back to us before inquiring “Pops? Apples?” Pops is corn pops, which he had eaten for breakfast. And honestly, we haven’t had apples in our house for over a month. Crazy kid. So he was unimpressed, but he lived.
I won’t go through every detail but, all in all, he checked out. He is clear for surgery as long as he doesn’t pick up any illness in the next eight days. He weighs 32 lbs, his lungs and heart sound great, and his ears and throat are wonderful. He has no sign of that little skin infection he had a few weeks ago, which is a relief as well. He is a picture of health, which I am relieved about. I was thinking of running another errand or two, but opted to go straight home instead. Which turned out to be a good thing, since my mom was driving home from visiting family and was near our house around the time I was home! It was sooo nice to see her, and Dekker was thrilled to have her visiting too. Once Brady was home, we all sat down to supper together before mom headed home to get settled in for the night and week to come. It was such a nice way to come home, though. Missed her.
Both kidlets are in bed now, and I’m ready to come down from the day and relax in the tub. I’m relieved and thankful that everything went well today. Let’s continue to pray that they continue to move in that positive direction.
** Surgery is February 11th at 9:15am, for those who would be willing/like to pray for him/us.
I miss you and love you too sweetheart 🙂