The Middlebrook Way

Many will laugh when they read this, but it is true none-the-less.

I never received the call from the surgery scheduler to confirm the surgery, and to give me the details, from the hospital that I was supposed to receive today. I called around 6, and the nurse said that she didn't deal with that portion of his care, but that the surgery schedulers often work in the evenings. So, around 9pm I decided it was time to call in again. The front desk was able to page the anesthesiologist for me. They called right back, only to tell me that Max wasn't on the schedule to receive anesthesia for tomorrow. The very nice man said he'd call the surgery team and see if they had it on their schedule and it somehow didn't get onto the anesthesiologist schedule. Children's hospital also received a brand new computer system yesterday...So, there may be a breakdown because of that...

He called back to say that the surgery team could not access the file from home and that he suggested that we just bring Max in. He let us know that anesthesia has room on their schedule for him, so even if he is not on the surgery schedule, the can often work him in.

I can only laugh! It seems that this sort of chaos follows my family. I have found that laughter is the best way to deal with it...

Pray for us tomorrow. Max will not be able to eat while waiting for his procedure. We were told that it would be at 9am, but now I am not sure. Pray that we are able to get him in quickly and that we have a smooth day tomorrow!

Pray also for Baby Drew. He was moved back into the ICU today. I saw him, he looks great. His oxygen levels were just not where they needed to be.

Thanks,
Shannon