Delays & Rearranging...

Some good & bad news-- Scheduled the dates for testing and surgery beginning on June 16th. We are waiting so that we only have to make one trip. If we were to leave next week as originally planned, we would have to make several trips for different procedures and preparations that need to be completed, but if we wait, we can make 1 trip and have everything scheduled back-to-back. Alex and I have agreed that this will be much easier on the kids and the household in general. When you have it explained to you that this is not a standard surgery that is just thrown together, it makes it a little easier to wait. Some coordination of surgeons needs to be arranged and other pre-op appointments out here need to be completed first to ensure Alex is in otherwise optimal health for undergoing an operation of this magnitude. So, while it's not as soon as we were hoping, we are still focussing on our gratitude that this opportunity is available to us and we begin what I'm sure will seem like such a long wait....