The Night Before

We are in Louisville, thanks to our wonderful friend, who drove us all the way here (about a three hour trip, each way), and will come to pick us back up on Thursday. I am so very blessed to have someone in our life to do such an amazing thing for us. We checked into Ronald McDonald House around 7:30, and ate a little dinner that we picked up before getting in. Once here, we hung out in our room, and just relaxed a bit. We have had cable issues, then Internet issues, then cable issues again. The Internet issues seems to have been fixed for now, but the cable issues are still going on, so we decided to pop in a movie that we brought, and are chilling out until we go to sleep. 

We have to be at the hospital at 8:30 AM (CST), and I think that is wonderful, because it is a later time than last time we were here, so we can sleep a little longer. The only issue I have with the time, is Gavin is going to probably be hungry, since he can't have anything to eat in the morning, and that's kind of late. He can have clear liquids up to 6:30, but I doubt we will be up that early, since that's 5:30 in our time zone, and that is too early, even for him. 

We are trying not to anticipate too much, because this could be a completely different (hopefully a little better) experience than the last time we were here, doing this same thing, back in December of 2009. It's kind of a strange feeling of  déjà vu, in a sense. We are even staying in the same exact room that we stayed in last time we were here! Isn't that wild? And, this morning, we weren't even sure we were going to have a room. They weren't sure they would have an opening here when I called this morning. I am so grateful we were able to stay. I am glad it's all working out - the room, our ride, everything. This gives me hope that all will be wonderful tomorrow. 

So, if you think about it tomorrow, please say a prayer for Gavin, and his doctor, nurses, and all support staff. I am praying that the anesthesiologist gets a good night sleep, as well! 

Off to finish watching this movie with my kiddo. We're watching Jack and Jill, and it is pretty funny. I love Adam Sandler. And, him as a woman is quite amusing.

Thanks so much for reading.

-Mel