Monday, November 21, 2016
Today's testing was a bit rough.  We got to the hospital a little after 7am.  This is now the 4th time she has been put to sleep since February.  Each time it gets a little rougher.  After 5 of us held her down to get the Happy Juice as they call it in her they went to option number 2.   Option number 2 was still unpleasant but it was fast.  No Happy Juice on Wednesday morning before surgery.  We will go right to option 2. The heart MRI and cardiac cath both went well.  They did have to use one coil.  Which in very simple terms a plug to stop a leak.  Don't repeat that to any medical professional!  Since they used a coil that means an over night hospital stay to monitor her.  She started coming out of her happy sleep around 3pm and was not so happy.  Poor thing couldn't keep anything down till about 8:30.  But then we saw Smiley Kylie!  It wasn't till 11pm that the blood work was drawn and the last chest xray was taken.  Tomorrow morning we will meet Dr. del Nido to get the final approval.  We are hoping tomorrow all looks well and we are out by lunch to enjoy an afternoon and evening with daddy.  She is so happy he is coming tomorrow.

Praises:
finding a wonderful church yesterday to worship with fellow believers
sweet nurses today
kind heart doctor who placed the coil and took lots of time with us looking at the MRI
Kylie was able to keep gold fish, orange juice, and ice cream down tonight
a wonderful grandma to make life easier while I'm here
and another wonderful grandma helping the family at home

Prayer requests:
all tests look good and surgery is a go for Wednesday
we get to leave the hospital tomorrow for a couple hours
good health and steady hands for our surgeon Wednesday
safe travels for Lee tomorrow

Thanks to each of you who are supporting us in prayer, encouraging texts, and sending cards.

Meal schedule at the Yawkey house.  It is such a blessing getting some home cooked meals.

And no wait at a restaurant.  Tonight I was able to zip out for 30 mins to grab some food. 

Visit to New England aquarium, a special treat we did yesterday.

The look after a turtle 3x her size swam past the window.

Hand puppets were a huge success.  Lots of giggles from Kylie!

Kylie coming out of anesthesia today.

Finally after a long day we saw Smiley Kylie!