Give a Hoot, Save the Date

Out with the old and in with the new!  It took a lot of hard work, blood, sweat, and tears (okay no blood but definitely some tears) but I have found my surgeons and have a surgery date! 

I thought about sending magnets out to everyone for my "save the date" ,but let's be honest, with stamps increasing a penny a girl could go broke.  Besides if you are like me, your fridge is blanketed with magnets from God knows where and my "save the date" would take center stage at the one spot on the fridge that is not cluttered...the bottom!  With that being said, I'll let my Eco-girl reign while saving a tree and let you know about the BIG day via the Internet!

I am excited about having finally made a decision and finding the right team of surgeons for me.  My surgery will be on June 4th at 7:30 am and I am totally fine with that.  I assume I will have had trouble sleeping the night before so the earlier the surgery the better.  Roll me in, hook me up, and give me some versed.  I'll be counting sheep (sorry owls) before they even think about taking me into the OR! 

The surgery is approximately 4-5 hours long with a 24/48 hour stay depending on how well I am post-op.  Following discharge I have been told my mobility will be very limited for about 6 weeks.  No lifting groceries, no picking up pets, no household cleaning, no lifting to cook...ect.  REALLY, you don't have to twist my arm!  Why have I not thought about getting this surgery done before now! 

On a serious note, here is where I need you.  If you know me well, you know it is extremely difficult for me to ask people to do for me.  But I am going to ask, I am going to ask everyone, I need your help.

I need you to pray, or meditate, or send positive vibes, or do what ever it is you do when some one asks you to go beyond your ability to control something and reach out to help.  My surgery is officially "tentatively" scheduled for June 4th but that can change.  I have emotionally prepared for this date and the idea of it changing sends me into great anxiety.  What I have been told by the surgeons is, because the surgery is scheduled so far out it is hard to say if something may come up that would have to push it back.  One of the surgeons takes a vacation around that time of year but her son is in baseball and she assumes that will keep them in Atl until mid June.  I'd like to think I am the one and only and most important person on my surgeons radar and because of that their world should revolve around me but I know that is not reality.  Also, there is no telling if an emergency surgery were to come up they would have to push my date back.  I pray so hard none of these things happen and everything will go as planned.  My biggest and most important reason I want it on the 4th is because of my job.   As a teacher, I am blessed to have the summer to have this done with plenty of time to heal before the start of school in August.  However, if something had to change it is possible my surgery could be pushed back as far as four weeks which would limit my amount of time to heal before the start of school.

SO....please keep me in your hearts and in your prayers that all will go as planned on the date that is on the calendar.  With great appreciation from the bottom of my heart, Cara.