The most important pre-op news is that Anna's surgery has to be postponed until next week, because the cardiac ICU is full. Dr. Kanter (Anna's surgeon) and his staff expect next Tuesday to be the day. It could be as early as Monday, though, if enough patients move out of ICU into the stepdown unit and no babies in need of immediate surgery are born over the weekend. We are fortunate never to have had this occur for Anna's earlier surgeries.
Anna enjoyed playing with the toys and talking to people in the pre-op clinic, but was not especially keen on having vital signs checked. And drawing blood--well, who enjoys having blood drawn? Fortunately both Lewis and I were there for that, since Anna needed one parent who wouldn't pass out! But after it was over and I picked her up, the first thing she said was "I need DAD!" It is all over now, and she won't have to repeat any of it even if her surgery isn't until late next week or even early the week after. Whew!
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