anxiety and hope
today i am packing for a trip which i have been dreading. i am going to atlanta tomorrow for my nephew, bailey's, open heart surgery. bailey is 5.5 months old now, and overall a healthy child, but it seems that the time has come to repair his birth defect so that he can properly grow and thrive. i am nervous, scared, and also really hopeful. i hope that once he heals from his surgery, he and his parents will be able to move forward and experience unguarded happiness together. but first, we have to go through the next week, which is sure to be frought with more anxiety, tears, the kind of fear that grips you around your heart and holds you close. we will be ok. bailey is going to be fine--i just feel it.
but to make the trip a little more complicated, gordon is sick. he has had a fever for 2.5 days and a cough. i am nervous b/c matt isn't able to come with me to help with the kids. i have a friend coming to help with the kids so that they will not be at the hospital at all. and no way will i go near bailey...just in case i am carrying some nasty virus. ugh. i look forward to friday. on friday, all of this will be in the past instead of waiting around the bend.
prayers and positive thoughts welcome for baby bailey.
but to make the trip a little more complicated, gordon is sick. he has had a fever for 2.5 days and a cough. i am nervous b/c matt isn't able to come with me to help with the kids. i have a friend coming to help with the kids so that they will not be at the hospital at all. and no way will i go near bailey...just in case i am carrying some nasty virus. ugh. i look forward to friday. on friday, all of this will be in the past instead of waiting around the bend.
prayers and positive thoughts welcome for baby bailey.