Emily chillin the night before the surgery!!!
Beautiful view of San Francisco from the hospital room.
Not the best photo since I don't have photo skills like Melissa but you could see the Golden Gate bridge from this window. Fancy digs totally 5 star accommodations...
I got a call at work Monday morning the 14th of March at about 10am. "We have a cancellation can you bring Emily in by 11:30am for surgery tomorrow?" My response...no. After explaining the distance and the drive situation they offered us a 1:30pm check in which we took. Poor Emily had no idea why she was being pulled out of school early and of course she was a bit emotional and off balance as I must admit so was I. We tracked down Mary and then it was off to the big city so Emily could get her heart fixed. We got there late which apparently wasn't a problem since we had to wait a long time for the room to be ready. We met lots of other really nice shell shocked people being admitted to the hospital and we all promised to pray for each other.
Finally got into the room. Mary was distraught since there was no TV in the room. I'm sure she was distraught for other reasons as well. Then the parade of medical professionals giving instructions and information regarding the surgery. Emily's nurse said only parents could stay over night (we later found out that was incorrect) so Mary says "I'm the birth parent" so of course I pipe in with "I'm the legal parent" so we both got to stay. The rule is only one person with the patient over night in the room so I opted for the deluxe accommodations of the women's sleep area room M666. A converted conference room very uncomfortable not to mention the devils number part. Next morning the roll Emily out of the room at about 6:40am and down to the preop area. Sedation and more doctors. The resident the fellow and the real doc all came by to check on Emily with the two moms just happy to be answering questions. Emily rolled into the OR at about 7:30am and Mary and I begin the long wait. Once again we met lots of nice people waiting for their loved ones. After what seemed a long long time the nurse came to tell us the surgeon was able to repair Emily's valve so no replacement. What a relief.
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