I called Dr. Ross' secretary on Monday and told her that we had pretty much decided to go with the plan of having a cut off date for surgery, and if I wasn't called, postponing till july and going to Ontario as planned.
She said that actually she just had a date cleared by Dr. Ross 10 minutes before. A date that she could offer to me...a date...for me...but then she said it would be tight for me to still go to Ontario as planned. The day was May 21. 4 weeks and 3 days before we were scheduled to go to Ontario. Wow. That is tight.
She assured me that she would not give away that date until I called back to let her know what I had decided. I had until Tuesday afternoon to decide. Wow.
The end of that call signaled the start of a flurry of pros, cons and what ifs that would plague me through the rest of the day, evening, overnight and all day Tuesday...until literally I picked up the phone to hand over my decision. Derrick and I chatted and chatted and flip flopped about dates Monday evening. All night long I dreamed about weighing the pros and cons and trying to make a decision. I never did make a decision in my dream...
If I didn't take the May 21 date, there was no option at this point for even a cancellation to happen any earlier. So basically, take May 21, or schedule the surgery when we are back in mid July.
We were starting to lean towards the July date. There were no huge reasons why, but there seemed to be a lot of small reasons pointing that way. The biggest reasons for having it in May were that simply, it would be done and over with, and we could try for another baby earlier. Going the July route...we know for sure I will be healthy enough to travel (we had also considering moving our trip to later in the summer), we can use the cheap flight we already have booked and consider that in itself a blessing and gift, we will be able to visit with friends from the US that are only available if we keep our trip as planned, Sara won't miss school at all...the list goes on...
In the end we decided to wait until July for surgery. It may slightly taint my trip because I know what I will have to face when I come home...but surgery has been dwelling my mind for months now, so that would be nothing new.
Dr. Ross' secretary doesn't have the schedule for July yet, but in past years Dr. Ross has concentrated on pediatric surgeries in the summer, so as far as she knows he will only be doing my type of surgery once a week, on Wednesdays. To give us time to fly home, do laundry, pack up and go to Edmonton, the first Wednesday I will be available is July 16...Jacob's birthday. I had my angiogram on Sara's birthday, and probably surgery on Jacob's birthday. Weird!
I will post when I hear any more news about a for sure date. It's so nice to be able to plan our trip now!!
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