The little things we weren't planning on have begun to occur in these last few days leading up to surgery. When we had our June consultation with the surgeon, the scheduler was so considerate of us being from out of town and arranged for the preop screening/interview to just be done over the phone. Ta-da, what could be simpler? Well, as it turns out, simple isn't exactly the way things work when major surgery is involved.
Because Charlie's blood loss during surgery is anticipated to be significant (we're told it's pretty much an unavoidable part of this particular procedure), the requirement of three units of blood means they have to do the whole blood typing and cross-matching routine, as well as a complete battery of lab work. We had originally planned for Charlie to donate some of his own blood in the months before surgery, but then nurses and doctors in our various appointments discouraged it. The phone conversations today revealed that they thought he was banking his own blood, even though these were the same people who told us don't worry about going to that trouble.
All that to say, it seems part of what God is teaching us right now is to trust Him with every detail, even though some of those details seem to be moving targets. Thanks again for continuing to pray for us.
I realized in that post I didn't make it very clear that the preop appointment will now take place in person at 1:30 on Monday afternoon at the Duke Clinic. We were planning to drive up on Monday anyway, so this just puts the drive on a time schedule instead of being able to take our "good ol' sweet time".
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