Amy texted this morning at 5:30 to say she had a fever and wouldn’t be able to go to lab today. That was enough to get us in motion after the phone call last night saying she had a red, warm rash on her neck. We jumped in the car and headed to Denver to pick her up and called the surgeon’s office on the way home to ask for a “same day” appt. Thankfully, they sensed our urgency and were able to get her in. Once the Dr saw her he knew she was in trouble with a serious post-op infection. Only one other time has he seen this so long after surgery (it’s been 3 weeks today.) Wouldn’t you know Amy would be the “one in a million’ so to speak.
The Dr told us to come to the surgery center at 12:30, so we left around 11 to head home for a bit. Within minutes the surgery center called and said the anesthesiologist wanted us back, and we’ve been here ever since. Amy’s surgery was scheduled for 4pm, but praise God, Dr Davis was ready for her at 2:30! He’s going to flush out the incision site with 4 liters of saline and put in a drain to stay in until he sees her again on Friday. Since Amy had to miss labs today, she’ll have to drop out of school if she misses tomorrow as well. She’s determined to make it back to the dorm tonight, and the Dr said it’s ok with him if it’s ok with the school. If only determination would make it so! We’ll take things one hour at a time and see how she is later in the day. One thing is certain...this could not have waited until Friday as we’d hoped. It needed to be taken care of TODAY. So many prayers have been lifted up on Amy’s behalf, and it’s clear miracles were taking place for the dominoes to fall so it could happen quickly. We’re praising God again and again for His love and provision for our girl.
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