Surgery #2 - Friday, October 17th

Nothing has gone according to schedule since Owen, our little warrior, arrived in early July and it should come as no surprise that Owen's second surgery will be no different. We were told last Saturday that Owen was on the schedule for Tuesday, October 21st. We were disappointed because we thought Owen would have the surgery this week and be one step closer to heading home. Instead, we would be spending another week in the hospital just hanging out.




Today, Thursday, October 16 was just another day until about 5:30 pm. We were told a surgery was cancelled for tomorrow and they would like to move Owen's surgery date up to that slot. The emotions that we are going through are hard to explain. We have the opportunity to refuse and stick with Tuesday, but each day that passes is another day that Owen might get sick and postpone his surgery and keeps us at the hospital. We have decided to proceed. There is still a chance they will decide they would like to wait, but at this time, we are preparing for Owen's Glenn procedure tomorrow. We are ready to take this next step, but it hit us hard that we would be handing our little guy over again for another open heart surgery in the morning.



Owen has been doing great and when he found out about the surgery he immediately busted out his superhero outfit and put on his theme song by The Script - "Superheros" to let us know he is ready to take this on.

"When you've been fighting for it all your life

You've been working every day and night

That's how a superhero learns to fly

Every day, every hour

Turn the pain into power"

Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers and we will update everyone tomorrow after Owen shows us all what a brave little warrior he is.