This morning as the clock ticked towards his departure time and nerves seemed to become more and more unsteady with each second, a PA came in to let us know that his surgery may need to be put off until Friday. Details are really irrelevant, something to do with scheduling of the single, multi-million dollar robot used to perform this type of bypass surgery.....About 20 minutes later, the nurse comes in saying she got the call that they would be up to get him soon....okay, so we are doing this we all thought! Another 2 days of waiting, seemed impossible to Mark!
Pre-Op is an emotional place. So many sights, sounds, people, anxiety. We spent just a moment with him there then followed instructions and made our way to the surgery waiting area. After 15 minutes or so, we were each allowed to go back and see him and began the whole farewell process. After an emotional parting, I sat in the hallway watching so many people hurrying along, yet feeling like the world had almost stopped spinning where I was sitting. It was heavy!
After 15 minutes or so, my buzzer went off again and I was told to go back to Mark. After several minutes with him we were informed again that the morning surgery requiring the robot had gone long and that, if they could do his case today it would be about 3 hours of waiting still.
So here, I sit, flooded with emotions, waiting....Praying....waiting. being encouraged by all the comments, calls, texts, yet feeling overwhelmed at responding right now. Just know that God is using each of you in a great way to strengthen me today and help us all through this rough terrain. It is 3:15 and the nurse just told us the surgery was going well and that Mark's case is still on....for the moment. We aren't sure how to feel, we feel like yo-yo's so far and are afraid to embrace this news just yet.....
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