Griff’s Surgery Schedule
For those of you keeping track of Griff’s surgery, here’s our schedule for the next couple of days.
Tomorrow, Mike will go to campus and give his May term class their final. Then, we’ll all gather together to take Eliza to Chuck and Stacy’s. They have been kind enough to offer to keep her through the surgery. We’ll get her back either Friday or Saturday, depending upon how Griff’s doing. I already feel guilty about being gone from Eliza last weekend and then again for the rest of this week, but I know it’s what we have to do in order to get through this initial time with Griff.
When we get back to town, we’ll pack up again and head out. The surgery is being done at a children’s hospital about an hour or so from here. Mike got a dirt cheap hotel thanks to Priceline so we won’t have to be up quite so early Thursday morning. We’ll have dinner down there and stay the night. If the therapist can work us in, we’ll also have some pre-op crutch training before dinner.
We have to be at the hospital at 6 Thursday morning, and his surgery is scheduled for 7:15. Our pediatric orthopaedic surgeon told us the surgery and casting should take about an hour. In total, we’ve been told to expect to be there another five to six hours after the surgery before bringing Griff home.
Griff’s asking good questions about the procedure and doesn’t seem worried or frightened, which is good. If I’m not reading articles about the surgery online (which makes my stomach hurt), I’m not worried either. I really feel quite content that this is something we need to do for him. It’s going to be hard, no doubt, and most likely more painful than I want to consider right now. But I do believe it will allow him to walk better, and it’s going to improve his balance and will lessen the general pain in his legs. All of which is going to give him more strength and confidence.
I’ll be sure to post updates here. If I can figure out how, I can post from my phone on Thursday.
In advance, we appreciate the prayers.
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