Surgery is Scheduled
This week has been a very long week. On Tuesday we met Jonathon's Mom and sent Savannah to stay with her and my Father In Law. We then proceeded to Cincinnati where we met with a High Risk OB and NICU Doctor who basically tried to talk us out of having the surgery. All of my reasons for wanting to have the surgery were met with "This surgery won't guarantee any of that will happen." When we left the meeting I was starting to question whether or not the surgery was even necessary. Luckily Jonathon and my Mom helped me to see that with everything comes risk. There is no guarantee that the surgery will prevent her from needing a shunt or allowing her to walk without the assistance of crutches or one day needing a wheelchair. However, having the surgery definitely reduces the chances for all of these. Today we met with the High Risk Doctor and Pediatric Surgeon's who will be performing the surgery. It was comforting because two of the three Doctors were Doct