Heart Surgery Call

So I question if I should even blog about this yet or post it, but I said that I was going to write about our journey so we could look back on years to come and see what obstacles we overcame. So here goes..

I received the call about Paislee's heart Thursday at 8:30 am. I didn't expect one that early. I thought the doctor would be calling to cancel the team meeting. I was wrong. They had met and discussed our options. They have come to a decision and surgery was the only option.  Not in a year or six months, but the sooner the better. So my four year old little girl will be having open heart surgery to remove this mass that is straining her heart as soon as they schedule her team. I was told it can not wait till the summer or even spring break. So here we go. I am a nervous wreck though I am trying really hard to be strong. The chief of cardiology and founder of Vanderbilts Pediatric heart Institute will be performing the surgery along with her team of eleven doctors. The surgery will be at Vanderbilt. I know that these doctors perform heart surgery everyday, but it's my child. They have never done this type of surgery of removal of a mass before so we are all on edge. Thoughts are racing around in my head. A little over six years ago my dad had open heart surgery and developed staph infection after surgery and died weeks after surgery, so this is really getting to me. I know in my heart that god doesn't give you more than you can handle and there are a lot of other moms that are going through harder situations than mine, so I keep my head up and be strong for my daughter. I have not told her yet and don't intend to until a couple of days before. So when you say a prayer tonight, please say extra for us. I will update my blog when I know more. To cheer my blog post up a little bit, Paislee got the Terrific Kid Award at school for this nine weeks. Yay!