Progress

This morning I was lying in bed wide awake at 5:00 a.m., anticipating baby squeals, when I started to pray. Hard. I prayed for PROGRESS. Elijah woke up a little while later and he still had a temp and he was a bit crabby and pale so I thought my prayer wouldn't be answered. But then the day went on and his temp went away (he was actually on the cool side most of the day) and he seemed to be kicking this bug that he has been holding onto. He still has a congested nose and he's utterly exhausted constantly, but THE FEVER IS GONE! YAY! He ate pretty well and drank lots of liquids today, and those are all good signs. My prayer tonight/tomorrow morning will be to have NO MORE SNOT.

Our pre-op appointment with Dr. Gremmels is at 11:00 tomorrow. Dan and I have a bet. I think the surgery is going to be postponed and he thinks it won't be. It's tough. Elijah's heart is in serious need of repair, but I'm thinking Dr. G will err on the side of caution and put a few more days behind him with this cold. We will see!

I never would have thought I'd be so excited to get my child into the OR. Right now I am feeling so eager to get him in there and get him out. Every day we see a few more signs that his heart is failing very quickly. He is just so ready. I'm strangely excited to have operating day come! Let's hope that he will be healthy enough for it to be on Tuesday.

My wonderful boss and his lovely wife are coming over to our house tonight while Dan and I go out for dinner. Elijah is fast asleep already (like I said, TOTALLY exhausted boy!) so all they should have to do is sit in the living room and watch tv. We're excited to have one last outing before the big day. We haven't had a legitimate date night in quite a while, so I'm very excited! Thanks Terry and Donnita for helping us out! We're so thankful for this time away from home, especially after the past few grueling days.

So please join us in our prayer for Elijah's snot to be gone tomorrow!! Thank you. And thanks for checking in. We love you all.