Well, the fun part of the trip is over. Heath and Tabitha had a nice weekend relaxing and having lots of Daddy-Daughter time. But today hasn't been so fun. They checked into the hospital this morning. She has to go a day early to do a bowel clean-out. This involved putting a tube down her nose that sends medicine into her stomach to clear everything out of her digestive tract so that she'll be ready for surgery. NOT FUN. She does not like the tube (to say the least). I know I wouldn't either.
What's been even worse is the IV. She's had problems in the past with veins not cooperating, and when Heath called me around 1:00, they were on the 3rd attempt. The veins keep collapsing. So they're trying to hydrate her more, which is supposed to help, and then try again. They need to draw blood for some pre-op blood tests, and of course she needs the IV in for surgery. So pray that things get better and the IV would work, so they could stop having to re-do it. Heath said she's in a pretty nasty mood. Today is hopefully the worst part of it all, because tomorrow she'll be out of it, and then she'll be on lots of medication during the recovery. So just pray for an easier rest-of- the-day. Thanks.
There is some fun news though. Heath said Tabitha's picture is all over the hospital walls! They have signs up about how the nurses need to check IV sites frequently, and Tabitha's picture is on the posters! (This picture's blurry because it was taken with Heath's phone, but we're pretty sure it's her from her last visit to the hospital.)
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