Daddy finally arrived last night after driving 10 hours from Philly when it should’ve only taken 5-6 hours. He averaged around 30-40mph and not too many other cars were on the roads with him. Nothing was going to stop him, not even the Bomb Cyclone of 2018! Apollo couldn’t have been more excited to see him and, of course, me too!
There were lots of hugs and kisses, present giving, and late night snacks. Apollo had a 103 fever late afternoon through the evening that we couldn’t bring down. It was scary! Several calls were exchanged with the hospital and they decided for us to stay here since they would manage it the same way with Tylenol and fluids. Apollo was miserable but was able to fall asleep until 2:30am when we were able to give him more Tylenol. His fever finally broke around 6am and has hovered around 99. We’re so relieved but unsure if they can proceed with surgery. An elevated temp isn’t uncommon since Apollo had multiple interventions in the cath lab but it concerned them it was so high and couldn’t be brought down with Tylenol right away. He normally wakes up quite early but slept in. I was so relieved as I watched the minutes tick by. The more he slept, the less time he had to be hungry and told he couldn’t eat anything.
As I laid there, staring at his beautiful face, I began begging for God to hold him tightly and protect him today. “Please give him more time to grow closer to You and develop a deeper relationship with You. He deserves to know the depths of Your love for him. He deserves to go to kindergarten at “the big boy school” as he calls it. He deserves to play pee wee soccer and tball because to him, then he’s just like his sisters. He deserves to learn to ride his big boy bike without training wheels. He deserves to fall in love and let another girl into his heart other than his mama. He deserves to go off to college and use his incredibly intelligent brain to better our world. He deserves to go back to China (only if he wants to which he doesn’t right now) and learn firsthand about his culture and heritage. He deserves to be whomever he wants to be when he grows up. He deserves to make all of his Holy Sacraments, including marriage. He deserves to give his wife the priceless ring I bought for her while in China. He deserves to be a daddy since he is being taught and loved by the absolute best one. He deserves to grow old and gray, surrounded by his little ones who will admire him and be his legacy. He deserves everything good in this world. And he deserves to die as an old, wise, and happy man. Please give him the chance to experience it all, I’m begging you.”
We will start a new post with surgery updates if the surgery proceeds today. We will arrive at pre-op at 1pm and see what his team says. There is a whole lot of uncertainty right now but just as before, we are comforted and calmed by knowing that God knows exactly what will happen. Thank you for all of the messages and calls - each one means so much to us! ❤️
UPDATE - 4:00pm and still waiting in pre-op bay.
it’s 2:30 and we’re still waiting. The first emergency case is taking longer than expected. Please say a prayer for that little baby.
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