Thank goodness for Lego!!! Here are my two favorite Lego Creators. The boys can spend hours in "Lego Land", the room that they have devoted to building and creating!
And hopefully Lego help pass the time in the coming days, too! It's time for Nate's heart cath. This is a first for us, so not sure exactly what to expect, but feeling relatively calm and prepared. As for Nate - he's great, since at this point he doesn't know what's coming up!
He has really turned a corner, when it comes to medical appointments, in the last few months. He's been cooperative, quiet and content! My biggest hope is that he won't be royally ticked at me (and the world!) when he wakes up from it.
Our plan is to tell him he has a regular heart appointment tomorrow (Tuesday), which shouldn't be a problem with him. We have the pre op appointment at 11:00am at HSC. I'll know more about the day to come after we talk to the anesthetist. I'm hoping for a cocktail that will reduce the fight or anxiety that he may feel on Wednesday morning when some familiar things (such as not eating/drinking, those horrible gowns, getting the IV) start happening!
We'll tell him that we have another appointment the next day, but for this one they want to watch his heart while he's sleeping. Think it will work?? At this point, the plan is to report to HSC at 7:30am on Wednesday, with the procedure starting at 9am. They expect he will be under general anesthetic for about 3 hours, the length of the procedure. After a 2 hours of recovery, he'll be brought to the Children's Hospital to spend the rest of the day. That's where my bag of tricks come into play. Hoping the new Lego set and the stack of movies will help pass the time in recovery (about 6-7 hours), during which he has to lie still.
If all goes well and routine, he will be discharged in the evening, but us 'out of towners' are asked to stay in Winnipeg for the next night as well.
Brady will be happily staying with my Mom and Dad, which I'm thankful for!
That's it for now - I'm sure I'll have a chance to update the blog along the way! Thanks for your prayers!
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