Evie is going in for her third surgery of her life tomorrow. I am both excited and dreading this. Excitement: As a result of this 4-in-1 surgery, Evie will hopefully see better, have less of an eye turn, hear better, improve her speech development, not have watery eyes as frequently, and have less extra tissue around her feeding tube site. Dreading: That moment when I walk Evie into the OR with the nurses and watch them put her to sleep. I know it's a bunch of minor procedures, but I don't know if I'll ever get used to this. My friend said it gets better with each procedure. But hey--it's not open heart surgery! We already did that with flying colors! We are currently waiting for the day surgery nurse to call with the time for her surgery tomorrow. After waiting for 4 months for the surgery, I have been terrified that somehow we would have to cancel the surgery date. Evie got her winter cold over with last week, and then I hid th...
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