OK, HERE WE GO.................

This has been the longest and hardest week ever for so many reasons! But finally we have made it to Friday and we are set to check in bright and early in the morning for Coop's cardiac catheter, the last challenge of our week. His pre op evaluations went great today. He weighed in at 23lbs 8oz and was 2'8" tall!!! He was great today, a little bashful but great. We didn't see any tears until they drew labs but who can blame him for that. We will head out around 6 am in the morning. They anticipate the actual procedure to start around 8:30 am and should last about 2 hours. He will then go to a recovery room for about an hour and then to the floor where we will get to see him. He is not allowed to eat/drink after 2:30 am and then cannot walk for about 4 hours after the surgery. They hope we will be able to return home by tomorrow night if all goes well and we should have a pretty good idea when we will do the next open heart surgery. I will keep everyone posted tomorrow. We received so many emails, texts and calls wishing us luck and I cannot tell you how much we appreciate it. I never feel like we are going through any of this alone thanks to all of you. We have the best friends and family and in world! Thank you, thank you, thank you!