First the challenging: Kalyn will undergo surgery on September 20th to repair her left (and possibly right) hip. This surgery will completely reconstruct her hip as it pops in and out of socket with each time that she bears weight. I pray that this recovery goes better than last years. She will be in patient for a planned week post-op and when then come home to a hospital bed in the den. She will have to be lying flat for 3 weeks after surgery before she is allowed to sit up. Then she will not be allowed to bear weight on the hips for 3 more weeks. At this 6 week mark she will go back into the hospital to the rehab floor for a few weeks. While this sounds awful, and it will be a challenge, it will make walking easier and less painful for Kalyn than it has ever been. We will get through this as a family again. I will use this blog to keep our friends and family updated to her progress as it was such a success last time. (And I have already had requests to do it again!)
Now onto the good stuff. When Kalyn was in PICU last year and intubated she watched a lot of TV. And the commercials on Disney Channel (her favorite channel) were often of Disney World. She continually watched the ads and then told me with her little slight whisper and sign language that she wanted to hug Mickey Mouse like the girl in the commercial. It brought tears to my eyes and I promised her that I would get her to Disney to hug Mickey Mouse if she would just work hard to get better and come home. Well, she kept up with her end of the bargain and now I am keeping up with mine....we leave for 7 days at Disney World in just eleven more days!!!! I can't wait to enjoy this special first visit with my kids. It is my first as well. We earned this...look out Disney...here comes the Adams family!
