Less Than Two Weeks to Go

We are less than two weeks away from Seth's scheduled surgery and tomorrow we return to Children's for another MRI and pre-op labs. We will also be meeting with the anesthesiologist during our visit. Seth is delighted to miss school tomorrow and I feel thankful that he is enjoying simple pleasures and not feeling completely overwhelmed by what lies ahead. At the end of the day, he is still a nine year old boy (almost 10!) who finds great joy in teasing his brothers because they have school tomorrow and he doesn't. 

As anyone can imagine, I have been feeling a lot of stress and anxiety as we near the surgery date. I appreciate the friends and coworkers who ask about Seth, but then talk about normal, everyday things with me. I probably think about something related to Seth multiple times every hour of every day. I welcome the normalcy when friends and I can laugh about something silly that happened the night before, share parenting frustrations or complain about an issue at work. Because sometimes my thoughts about what is to come seem all consuming to me, I appreciate those who can just relate to me as Amy - friend, parent, coworker.