Welcome to West Palm Beach

Well we arrived in West Palm yesterday with not a lot of trouble.  Actually both of the girls were really good travelers and didn't give me any problems.  Luckily the tropical storm didn't do so much in West Palm so we had no delays on the way down.  Madi had her MRI this morning.  We were told to arrive at 6:00am.  Well a trauma arrived while we were there so we got pushed back and the MRI that was supposed to be done at 7:00 wasn't done until 10:30am.  Poor little girl.  Not so easy for a 2 year old to do especially when they haven't been allowed to eat or drink anything since the night before.  Luckily they had cartoons so she pulled through.  I can't believe how strong this little girl is.  When the nurse put in her IV, she just watched and didn't flinch or cry.  So calm through the whole thing.  I took her back the the MRI room to be with her while they put her under anesthesia.  She fussed a little while they hooked her up the the heart monitors.  I can only imagine how scary that is to a 2 year old.  I was able to stay until she was totally out.  So hard to see your little girl like that.  Almost 2 hours later I was able to go back to see her.  She was so dopey but she smile right away when she saw me.  So hard to hold back tears when I saw that face.  The nurses said she was so awesome.  That they had never seen a 2 year old so calm.  That's my girl!!  After she took down some liquids we were able to take her back to the condo and in about 1 hour she was back to her old self.  Running around, getting into everything.  It was a long day but we get a few days to relax before pre-op appts on Monday.  Hopefully we will get some sun and fun.  I will keep you all posted and thank you all so much for your prayers.  Keep them coming, we will need them!

Anxiety is Increasing

Things have been pretty crazy getting ready for the trip.  I feel like I am carrying a elephant on my back with the amount of stress I have.  I am so anxious to just get the surgery over with.  I see that the anxiety is also affecting my hubby, Mikey.  I know he wants to be there for the whole thing, but with school and work it is just  impossible.  We have never really spent any time apart since we married so this will be hard. 
  Anyway, we loaded up my parents car Saturday night and they arrived in Tennessee tonight.  Please send prayers for their safe trip.  I fly down with the girls Wednesday morning.  I hope the flight goes well.  I have no idea what to expect flying alone with two kiddos.  I have lots of stuff for them to do, dvd player, video games, dolls  etc...   Snacks will be a must.  We have a fairly short layover in Dallas so will be asking for one of those golf cart things to take us to the next gate. 
   My brain is on over load, so forgive me if this is not so great of an update post.  I promise to update regularly once we get going on this trip.  I want to thank all of our friends and family who have helped us in getting this trip set and who have given us so much support.  We love you all so much.