Moving forward...

I received a call this morning from Dr. Haw secertary, Josie was talked about yesterday at the case consultation (an answered prayer)  and we have our pre-op consultation schedulued for next week Thursday (the 21st) with the Surgeon.

This means we are moving forward, which is good news, but also make the fact the Jose is having open heart surgery a bit more real.

Other good news from today, is that I was able to talk to the insurance company and as of March 1, U of M is considered "in network" which means that we still have the option of going to U of M, if needed. Our first choice would be to be at DeVos, but it is nice to know that we are not limited to DeVos because of insurance.

Please pray for the following items, as we prepare for next week...

1. Pray that it is clear to us, where the best place for Jose to have surgery is..
2. Pray for our emotions and hearts to be calm...I know for myself the thought of surgery passes through my mind about every 5 minutes. (and sometimes I do not think that my mind every has a break from thinking about the surgery...
3. That we can balance the difficulties of waiting for surgery, but yet continuing to try to bring meaning to each day.

I will write more later, but there is a little one that would rather be hanging out with her mama than napping.....Oh Jose, I love you so much ( even though you are more stubborn than your daddy and mama put together : ) --and that is stubborn!)