Pre-op Appointment went well; Surgery tomorrow

The appointment today for pre-op went well. They did vitals, took blood, explained the process for tomorrow, showed us around, took information for anesthesia, etc. It took a little over two hours. Brave little Amanda didn't even cry when they took blood.

She had quite a few seizures today (probably induced by the drive and the weather coming in for tomorrow) so it definitely reminded us of the importance of having the surgery. After such a good weekend, it was frustrating to see a lot of seizures again but we are definitely in the right place and doing the best thing we can for her. All of the doctors are really enthusiastic about the potential for the VNS to really help her so it is exciting to think about how much better her life could be without so many meds and without so many seizures. She seems to have gotten more used to having the seizures now so they don't seem to make her as irritable as they did when they first returned. Regardless, it will be nice when they go away completely again!

We got Boston Market for dinner and Amanda loved that! She is a huge fan of their sweet potatoes and ate like a wolf. Driving around in Durham and Chapel Hill (we went to Chapel Hill to get dinner) reminded me of how much I like living in a smaller town like Wilmington. It is very pretty up here with the rolling hills though.

So surgery is set for 8:45 am tomorrow and we have to report at 7 am to meet with anesthesiology etc. She is the first surgery of the day so there isn't much risk of delay. I will try to update the blog as soon as I can to let everyone know how she is doing. We will stay over at a hotel in Durham tomorrow night if she is doing as well as we expect. Otherwise she may have to spend the night in the hospital. The doctors would prefer not to have her in the hospital given her immune situation and lack of vaccines so we are optimistic that she will come out of surgery strong and be ready to head back to the hotel. We hope to be back in Wilmington in time to enjoy a lazy Thansgiving and mooch off of other people's hard work in the kitchen (thanks Mom!).

Lord I ask that You guide the hands of the surgeon, the anesthesiologist and nurses tomorrow and that you protect Amanda every step of the way and bless her abundantly through this surgery. We know that You are the Master Physician and we trust You Lord! Thank you for keeping our baby girl safe and please guide her recovery so that she defeats these seizures and heals quickly and without pain. Thank you Lord for granting us the priviledge to parent such an amazing child and thank you for all of your blessings!! Amen!!

Thank you to all of Amanda's wonderful prayer warriors out there! God Bless you all!