Daughter's surgery is tomorrow

My daughter Christine goes into surgery tomorrow. We have reversed rolls since she will be leading the way and I will follow. My surgical date is April 19th. We both decided that we are going to do this together. Talk about being nervous..... She knows how apprehensive I was about this surgery and wanted to go first to show me first hand that it will be ok. Please pray for my baby.

Dear Karen, Trust that I have prayed and will continue to pray for both you AND your daughter. You have chosen an excellent surgery team. Dr Irgau and Dr Wynn and Brent/Brett? are truly on the ball. I was amazed at how they were on top of everything during my hospital stay. They were all completely honest and comforting to me. I have a ton of respect for each of them. Something else I would like to share. I spent a lot of time walking the halls .... and I also witnessed them spending a lot of time dissecting the charts of all their patients. I never saw them just glance at the charts ... I always took note that they truly studied the chart. Truly looking out for our best interests. We are all very blessed to have such wonderful surgeons right in our back yard. Hugs to you as you go through your daughters surgery. Likely that will be rougher on you than when you go through your own. We are always so concerned about our babies. Should you feel like you need a shoulder during the wait ... just let me know and I can get you my phone number. Also, one more thing ... do not worry if after your daughter gets out of surgery that she spends a great deal of time in recovery. I had to spend extra time there not because of any problems I was having but because of problems they were having with another patient (non wls related). So by the time they got me to my room, hubby was a little on the frantic side worried that something was wrong, when in reality, all was well with me. Hugs, Tammy

Hi Karen, I will surely say a prayer for you and your daughter as you enter this part of your weight loss journey. My tentative date is April 20, so maybe I will see you in the hospital. Take care and you both are in my prayers..Dana

Dana, just found out I have sleep apnea and they need to do another study. Called Christiana and they will put me on a waiting list. Don't know if this will delay my surgery or not. I think I read that yours was delayed because you had to take Zantac after your EGD. So they really didn't postpone it too far out. After you get your surgery date you don't want anything to intefere with it which I am sure you can understand. My daughter is on clear fluids and called awhile ago to say she is hungry. I think I feel her hunger pains but I am so anxious about her surgery that I can't eat either. Take care and thanks for your support. Hopefully if all goes well we can partner in our race down the halls.

Your daughter is in my prayers!!! She will be fine I know she will! It will be nice for you and her go through this together! Please let us know how she is doing. Hope

Thank you in helping me to come to grips with myself. I will let you know how she does after it is over. She will be waking me up tomorrow nudging me to get moving.

Hi Karen, I can understand you being nervous... our children are so precious to us! Try to take it easy and get some sleep tonight, Christine will need your tender loving care when she gets home from the hospital. You and Christine will be in my thought and prayers! ((hugs)) Patti C

I'll keep your daughter in my prayers! I know how precious your daughter must be to you. Please know we will all be praying for her! Hugs, Kimberly