Brynlee’s Heart Surgery is Fast Approaching
18 Mar 2011 Leave a Comment
I just wanted to update everyone that I got a call from Cooks Childrens Hospital and Brynlee’s Heart Catherization is scheduled for April 14th. This will check the pressures…strength and function of her heart. If there are no complications Brynlee should be released to come home April 15th. As of now…there is not a definite date for her big surgery. We are thinking probably the last week of May. They will open the chest and do a lot of work so this would give her basically the whole summer to recover and recuperate before she starts school in August!
Getting this phone call hit me hard. I knew this was coming…and I thought I was prepared for it…but I guess just having an exact date and talking with the scheduler made it real for me. I just hate it for Brynlee. This will be her 3rd Open Heart Surgery. This will be our 7th Heart surgery as a family (Hestan has had 4)…and I tell you…It NEVER gets easier. Brynlee is a tough girl and I am sure she will be a little fighter and make it through it fine…but I still just hate the fact that she has to go through it at all.
Last night I was making some chicken salad…and Brynlee was such a BIG help (sarcasm). I told her maybe she should let me finish it myself and she said “Melissa..you are the baddest sister I have ever had…you bad bad girl” I told her “Brynlee…I am not your sister..I am your mommy” Brynlee replied “Well then…Act Your Age”!!! Hahaha! She is such a mess! She keeps us laughing all day everyday!
Please remember our family in your prayers! This will be such a difficult time for all of us! We will need all the prayers we can get!
Ps 108:1-O GOD, MY HEART IS FIXED; I WILL SING AND GIVE PRAISE, EVEN WITH MY GLORY.
