The moment we have been waiting for since April has arrived. Sophia goes in tomorrow at 11:10 for her surgery. I realized today that I have not updated the blog since February and for that I apologize. I know that many of you check weekly, daily, maybe even hourly to see what is going on in our awesome family. (Bahahahaha!!!) So since I have last posted...
We found out in April that Sophia's Grade 2 bilateral kidney reflux has progressed to Grade 3 on both sides and that her right kidney shows signs of damage. Given her age at diagnosis and the continued UTIs, Bilateral Ureteral Reimplantation surgery was recommended. Essentially, this means the incredibly skilled Pediatric Urologist who makes almost $500,000 a year (and more power to him since he is taking care of my child!!!) will carefully remove her ureters from her bladder and re-implant them lower so there is a 98% chance that her reflux will be corrected. This gifted doctor (I am not being sarcastic- I have only heard awesome things about him!) only does this surgery on Tuesdays so we were scheduled out to July 3. I asked about the next week so as not to ruin the 4th of July but the doctor was on vacation that week so that put us back to the 17th which could run her recovery into school time again so we went with the 3rd. So here we are. The good news is my friend and co-volleyball player, Rachel, is a Child Life Specialist in this department so she will be around for Sophia. The other good news is that I was able to get some information from a woman at church who has a daughter who had the exact same surgery at the exact same age. It is amazing who God puts in our lives at exactly the time that we need them!
The other exciting, crazy, awesome news is that we have moved back into the stage of having an infant. We got our first foster care placement on June 15 (my favorite sister's birthday) and I am in love. I can't say a whole lot because of confidentiality but I will say that we will love this little boy and give him the best care that we can for whatever time he is with us! This has caused a little bit more stress for me with Sophia's surgery because I am going back to making sure that the diapers/wipes/formula, etc are taken care of. Thank goodness I have awesome friends, Kelly and Micky, who will care for my baby as if he is their own.
I am heading off to bed now in order to be ready for the long day ahead. I will update during and after the surgery. Please pray and keep my sweet baby seven year old in your thoughts and prayers tomorrow.
