Prayers...

Gracie will be having surgery at 8 am tomorrow (err... today) to have her central line removed and also she'll be having an eye exam under sedation. Of course since surgery starts at 8, we have to check in at 6:15. Yuck. Factor in a 1.5 hour drive and then look at the time of this posting and just imagine the lovely mood we will all probably be in. :P

No seriously, we are so excited to get this line out. As of yesterday, the entry point on her chest began itching a lot and Gracie kept scratching at it. Then to my delight (note the sarcasm) it began seeping a bit and the yucky ooze really irritated the skin around it. I gave her a bath and dressing change today because it was so yucky and wet and I discovered some serious skin breakdown under the bandage. Poor baby. This happened before and we learned that Gracie's sensitive skin doesn't like adhesives and plastic bandages and chloroprep and other stuff like that. We switched all of her dressings to breathable cloth and used different adhesive remover and cleaner, but I think her skin has just plain had enough. This line has been in place since the beginning of Sept, so 4 months of covering the same area is bound to make your skin unhappy, right? Anyway, I know that her skin issues will calm down once she is free of the 24-7 bandages. I'm looking forward to that quite a bit.

Please pray for an easy and quick procedure and safe travels for us. We love you all so much.