Today is the day!

So we have had a little but of fun this week. We went to the beach and rode a cable car which was nice to do before Alena's surgery. Yesterday we went to do our pre op testing at the hospital which included meeting dr Hanley and the PA and nurse assistant for the anesthesiologist. We also had a echo, EKG, chest X-rays, urine sample (I bet you can guess how fun that was), and blood work ( which Alena was so tired by then she just slept through it). Then we met with child life specialists who took us on the tour of the hospital be showed us all the facilities as well as giving Alena a medical doll to play with ( it comes with the electrodes nd IV, as well as pulse ox, chest tubes and a bandaid). Alena is scheduled for surgery at 12 noon today and says she is scared but ready to be all done. I think we all agree with her. My dad flew in this week also and is going to be a tremendous help to Teague in helping him be distracted. I want to close this by saying that unfortunately we found out we are going to be here longer then expected 7-10 days versus our expected 3-6 days. If you are willing/wanting to donate Marriott points or are willing to donate money via PayPal please feel free to do so. Also you may email me privately at Mary @ lynchco.net ( without the spaces). Thank you for all of your well wishes and positive thoughts for today.