Oh MY!

For review: Jonah saw the surgeon on November 20 and they said he was a priority to schedule due to his age. Normally children with cleft palates have them surgically closed between 9-12 months of age, so at almost 23 months old, now, Jonah is a "old man" for this surgery.

So, this explains how I just got off the phone with the patient coordinator at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and found out that they had a cancellation for surgery and immediately thought of Jonah. My heart started pounding in my chest as she said "December 10th". My mind raced. "HOLY COW!! That is a week from tomorrow!! I'm not ready! My baby's not ready! I don't know if I can do this to him!" I was kind of surprised, given that we've already been through surgery with both Joshua and Noah. Really surprised, actually. And now I feel a little bit weepy.

But I know it's the right thing to do... and I need to get cracking getting everything in order! Jonah needs a pre-op physical at his pediatrician. We have an appointment scheduled for December 8, but that might need to go to the ENT instead. The ENT needs to see Jonah to see if he needs tubes in his ears during the palate surgery. He probably does. The ENT office originally offered us an opening on December 8, but it conflicted with the long-ago scheduled well-baby visit with Jonah's pediatrician. But now that it's turned into a pre-op appointment, I know the pediatrician will fit us in. Now I'm just waiting for the ENT to call me back and see if they have something on the 8th, and if they do, then I call the pediatrician and get him scheduled for his pre-op this week sometime. Jonah just had all his bloodwork done November 20 so hopefully he's covered and doesn't need to do any of that again.

My, oh my...