The Time Has Come, The Time Is Now

We made it to Wisconsin! And in one piece I must add!

Before I let you know what's goin' on, I'll update you from where I last left off.

My PA's office was supposed to mail us a hard copy of results and dictation from our physicals to take with us to Wisconsin just in case something happened and Dr. Chiang's office didn't recieve them or lost them. After they hadn't arrived by Friday, my mom called the office to see what was going on. They told her that they had a copy of everything if she wanted to pick it up but I needed to get my blood redrawn because they didn't get enough blood the first time. So I went to the lab at the hospital and got my blood drawn. Usually we don't wait for results, but mom had explained the situation and they ran the blood and I was able to leave with results in hand.

Sunday was a good day. I had lots to get done, but I did it. I finished school & packing. I had youth group, which was great for distracting my mind. I was given a sack of snacks for Justin & I and a book. I'm so thankful for my church family - they're SO nice and caring.

The flight to Milwaukee was decent. I did end up not feeling well on the last flight, luckily I was able to sleep, but the plane was SO cold! We checked into our hotel then went to the grocery store and bought groceries that will hopefully last us the rest of our stay.

This morning we met with Dr. Chiang. We arrived early because we took a taxi and didn't know how long it would take to get there. We were about a 1/2 hour early and were taken back for our appointments after waiting about 15 minutes. First Dr. Chiang examined each of us and then we were taken back to a conference room and he discussed the surgery with us. He told us that there were complications that could go wrong and what would happen if they did happen. I feel that he's very competent to do the surgery and he's also very nice.

Laster this afternoon, we met with Dr. Kelly, the endocrinologist. The only reason we met with him was just in case something goes wrong in surgery or in the hospital. Truthfully, I didn't care for him at all. He didn't directly say it, but he made it sound as if we were making the wrong decision and should wait until a better treatment comes out. Thankfully he's not allowed to say whether or not we can have the surgery, because if he could, I doubt that we'd be having it.

My surgery got moved up (or is it down?) from 8:30 to 7:30 tomorrow morning. That means I have to check in at 5:30 and wake up SUPER early.

Please keep my family and I in your prayers tomorrow.

-Jessica