Still here.....

I'm sure there are a lot of people wondering what's going on. I'm not sure everyone saw my post here and on FB about the rescheduling. Sorry if you missed it. We are still here and Alex is still healthy. Thank heavens! The runny nose he had, seems to be an isolated thing.

I talked with his cardiologist, Dr. Puchalski, and he said he felt like we'd made the right decision. He said over the last few months they had had several kids who had come for surgery with seemingly harmless runny noses, and have ended up really sick. He agreed better to be safe than sorry. I'm trying to be positive about this, because I believe that everything happens for a reason, so... if nothing else, it has been a blessing for me to overcome my cold. I haven't felt great, and know that I wouldn't be able to be there for Alex to help him during his recovery. I'm sure they wouldn't have allowed me to even come in the ICU (with good reason), and that would've been horrible to say the least.

I asked the surgery scheduler if Alex's symptoms didn't progress if we could schedule him sooner. She told me that I needed to have Alex checked out by his pediatrician, and if he was still feeling well that I could call back and see. I took Alex to see Dr. Lou yesterday, and he deemed him to be in excellent condition. He didn't see anything on his exam to cause concern. He said that with as long as Sam and I have had this cold, and the exposure he's had that if he were to pick it up, he'd most likely be exhibiting symptoms by now.  So, our plan is to watch him over the weekend and if by Monday morning he is still healthy, I'll call and try to schedule him sooner.

It really isn't a surprise that things were rescheduled, all of his surgery dates have been changed. We should've known that #3 wouldn't be any different from the others.

Thank you for everyone who continues to offer their prayers and support. I know those prayers are the reason Alex is staying healthy. I will keep everyone posted as to what the plan is. Knowing how history has worked, they'll probably schedule us next week! :) Whenever they offer it, we'll make it work. God works in mysterious ways. We follow Him no matter what.

Have a great weekend..... more to come soon, I hope!