Anna Grace - June 22

Looks like the kids and I (and our sweet friend Miss. B) are leaving for Charleston on Tuesday morning at 5:00 am. It's early, but hoping the kids will sleep on the way down. Brian and I are driving seprately to Charleston. The back passenger window on Brian's Jeep broke today so he is going to take it to the Jeep dealership in Spartanburg on Tuesday morning in hopes that they can fix it before he goes down to Charleston. If not, then he will be driving down with a broken window & try to get it fixed while we're in Charleston. Not terrific timing, but hey, these things happen.

I spoke with MUSC today to confirm Anna Grace's pre-op appointment on Wednesday. No food after 3:00 am on Wednesday morning. We have to be at the hospital at 9:00 am on Wednesday. They said to expect to be there about 6 hours. Anna Grace will have to be sedated, but she will not have to be intubated. They will do an extensive echo, an EKG, blood work/labs and then we will talk with anesthesia, we will talk with the PCICU cardiologists and we will talk to Dr. Bradley, the surgeon. Wednesday will be a big day - signing all the consent forms. Ugh....

Thursday will be an even bigger day. As it stands right now, we are supposed to be at the hospital on Thursday morning at 6:00 am for surgery. I'll try to post Wednesday night after we talk with the doctors to confirm that, but that is the plan as of right now.

Thank you all for praying for our family - for Anna Grace - for Dr. Bradley and his team. See you in Charleston...... God is in control.