SURGERY SCHEDULED

The cardiology team met this morning, and Max is now scheduled to have his open heart surgery on Tuesday, November 8th. His heart defect may be more complicated than originally diagnosed. The month after surgery will be very, very important for Max's health and recovery. Most problems arise during that time period.

I am obviously very emotional and nervous about this upcoming surgery, however, I know it is something Max needs and we must move forward.

Since his surgery is a week away, we are hoping that he can get extabated for a few days. First they must wean him off the heavy sedation. He has been looking around and much more alert the past 24 hours, which is reassuring. Hopefully I will be able to hold him in the next few days...it's been a week since I have been able to snuggle with my lil' guy.

Please keep my sweet Maxwell in your prayers. As his poster (yes he has a million posters around his room declaring how wonderful he is - the staff gets quite a kick out of them) on his ICU door says, "Please get me better very soon...I have much to accomplish in this world." How true that is...and how much he has already accomplished in his brief four months.