Just a quick update to let everyone know that we have Matt’s embolization procedure on the calendar. It will be on Thursday, June 8th. We will travel out the afternoon of the 7th for a battery of pre-admission tests and physical. We plan to just spend the night there in IA City that night and be at the hospital bright and early for his procedure the next morning. I will be staying in town with Matt, as he will have to be hospitalized for 2 nights afterwards. We are both excited to finally have this scheduled, so we can get on with the next steps…but the reality of the procedure is starting to hit me a little more now. I have confidence that Matt will come through just fine…but it is still very serious and he (as well as the doctors) will need lots of prayers that day. It is our hope that the procedure will be safe and successful…that the AVF will be fully embolized and no longer present a threat of rebleed, and Matt will not lose any functionality. Please be thinking of us all that day.
So, I’ve been trying to sort out how to start this story. It’s been difficult to articulate. Difficult to pick which details to share, and which to hold close. But it’s a story too good, too beautiful, not to share – so here goes! When Matt and I first became parents, we thought our family was complete. We envisioned raising Ethan surrounded by loving friends and family – just the two of us. Given all that we had gone through to finally become parents, we felt content with just the one child. The most adorable boy in the whole wide world. Our Ethan was the apple of our eyes – the most amazing gift. We marveled at all of his accomplishments, soaked up all his love and personality, and celebrated the joy of parenthood at every exhausting, wonderful turn. Along the way, we’ve built a strong and loving relationship with Ethan’s birthmother. We visit yearly, and stay in close contact with pictures, emails, and texts. I have attempted to describe my feelings for her many times over the
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