Things are Slowing Down

It's been a few days since our last post. That's because there's not much in the way of new information to report. We spoke to the administrative office that schedules surgery at Childrens' on Friday, because we had not heard back from them. They were to confirm the surgery date earlier that week.

It turns out that the date for Tessa's surgery is tentative, at best. Originally penciled in for Monday, April 23, the doctors are waiting on the imaging results from a few other patients whose surgeries require very specific timing between chemotherapy sessions and radiation treatments. As they have pretty much ruled out the necessity of chemo or radiation for Tess, these other children, appropriately, get first dibs on surgery time slots based on the narrow windows they have between treatments.

The administrator indicated that April and May were pretty full as far as surgery dates go. So we're not exactly sure what that means. They once again indicated that they knew what we're going through, and they reiterated their commitment to get Tess in as soon as possible. But we're in a holding pattern for now. Again. Which is okay.

Tess got her hair cut to what I'm told is a 'bob.' She seems even spunkier now with the cute hair cut than she did before. Kind of like how I feel faster on a basketball court when I shave my head. Aerodynamics and all. Anyways, it's still pretty hard to grasp that she's in need of surgery. She's so happy and playful. And it continues to be great having my mom here. Joanna and I are both getting more rest than would ever be possible without her, and the kids love having their grandma here to play with.

We'll post again in a few days once we hear something from the scheduling office about Tessa's surgery.