I got a call from Dr. Wrubel's surgery scheduler yesterday ... we have a date!
Barring any obstacles or changes, the surgery is set to take place on Friday, November 19th, at 7:30am at Children's Hospital of Atlanta at Egleston.
It feels great to finally have a date in my hand that is tangible. She said that we would need to do a lot of pre-op stuff around 14 days before the surgery. Once we know Lucy's blood type, we'll have to find people that are a match (we hope Wesley and I will be a match, but you never know) and we'll have to give blood that they can use in case she needs a transfusion during the surgery.
It means I'll spend my birthday (November 21st) in the hospital with her, but I can't think of a better birthday present than seeing my baby girl finally be done with surgery and on her way to recovery. It also means we'll be getting out of the hospital on or around Thanksgiving Day, but again ... we will have so many things to be thankful for this year!
I am also thinking that I would love to set up a system where people can sign up to pray for her in 15 minute increments the whole time she is supposed to be in surgery. I know that's a lot of 15 minute increments since the surgery will probably last 5-6 hours, but I think it would be awesome to know that people everywhere are praying for her the whole time she's in the operating room. I'll try to set that up closer to the date of the surgery.
Here she is at 3 months old ... she's getting so big and growing up so fast!
