One week – to SDR
I’m not sure if this title of this post sound optimistic or ominous. It sertanly contains elements of both for all of us involved. I’m not going to take the time in this post to explaine everything about SDR. Most readers know whats going on and if you don’t I’ll include a list of posts at the end of the email that you should check out get a full history.
On week from today I will be sitting in the waiting room waiting, while my daughter is in surgery. We have doen a lot of work to get prepaird for this surger including nightly exercises and streches. We have planned for nearly two year for this surgery because we had to delay it when we found out Melanie was pregnat last year. We have met with parents who have had children go through the surgery. We have talked with insurance companies to ensure it was covered. We have talked with multiple doctors. We have done everything we possibly could have to be prepaired for this and yet it still feel nerve racking. It’s nerve racking because there are other treatments on the hirizion that may actually be cures for CP. It’s nerve racking because there are risk. It’s nerve racking becasue I’m a dad. Honestly I would much rather take the place of my daughter but I know we all have our challenges in life and CP and this surger will be some of hers. I know that it is my job and my wifes job to be here to help Haley overcome this challenge. This is one of those life lessons where we learn that you can manage failure as long as you keep going because ultimate failure just isn’t an option. Ultimate success is the only option and so failing along the way is simply stumbling and it’s okay to stuble hell it’s even good to stumble. Stubling means your learning stumbling means your progressing, stumbling means your challenging your self and working to get better. Overcommign the stumble, getting back up when you fall, progressing, that is why we are here and what God has put us on this earth to do. God wants us to get better be stronger, achieve more, not just for us but for the world to make us better contributors to society and make a positive change in the world in a small and subtle but substantial way, simply but rising to our challenges and it’s with God’s help that we will raise to the challenges we are presented with.
Below are the article I’ve written on Rizotomy in Chronilogical order:
- Rhizotomy – Surgery is never an easy answer
- Rhizotomy Next Steps
- Nervous Dad
- Countdown 4 weeks
- Countdown 3 Weeks
- Countdown 2 Weeks
