It's Over

 

The procedure is over and we survived.

We should get the results sometime next week and we will keep you posted.

Thank you so much for your prayers. We KNEW people were praying for many reasons. Here are three...

At 7:30 this morning I heard the phone ringing and knew it was the hospital (ring tone). One of the surgeries had been cancelled and we were told to arrive at 10:30 instead of 11:30. One less hour of having to distract Katrina was such a blessing and answer to prayer.
 

Katrina normally sleeps 10 hours at night. Her normal bed time starts around 8:00 and she is typically sleeping at 8:30 or 8:45. She then wakes up at 7:00 the next morning. Even if she goes to bed later than 8:45 she still wakes up around 7:00. Last night we kept her awake until 10:15 to see if she would "sleep in" per the nurse's suggestion. This morning she woke up at 8:15. What a praise! We watched Sesame Street and headed to my brother and his wife's house to play with their little puggle, Ginger, and only had to distract her there for about an hour.
 

Yesterday, as you are probably aware, Katrina was restricted to a clear liquid diet. It went well until 5:00 and then she was begging me to make her a pancake. I have never been so tempted to make a pancake! She was hysterical and I began to sob because of all the built up emotion. Finally I distracted her enough to try some jell-o animal cut-outs and it passed. Her friend, Taylor, showed up with a gift and we were good to go. The rest of the evening went well and even this morning when she woke up she did not ask to eat. When we went to my brother's house she asked a few times for juice or yogurt or french fries but was satisfied when I said they didn't have any for her today. Thank God she was as easy to "starve" as she is!
 

We are certain that the Lord was being petitioned on our behalf and He is ALWAYS faithful to answer prayers. We are thankful He answered them in accordance with what we hoped this time.
 

Like I said, I will keep you posted. As for now, we are emotionally exhausted and will be laying low for the rest of the day/night.