Big Day

Well the day is finally here! I can't wait to get this over with.  We had a good weekend spent with family.  Grandpa Nevin and Grandma Susan were able to come down to Utah to spend a couple of days with Kaelyn.  We also visited some family grave sites over the weekend and were able to spend some time with extended family.

Kaelyn's "going-away kidney party" was a huge success.  Cold Stone created a delicious cake to celebrate the event.  Kaelyn definitely loved it.  She even got money and a birthday card from a confused grandparent.

The weekend was great, but there was no fooling Kaelyn when we woke her up early this morning to bring her back to the hospital.  She is now under the impression that if we are going anywhere in the care with just Mom, Dad, and her, that is where we are going.  She's right though, it is!  She was definitely bummed to be back at the hospital, but on the upside she was giving lots of hugs.

At about 8:30 we gave Kaelyn some medicine to sedate her to help with separating from us and going to the OR.  She was very happy on that stuff!  They took her back at 9, and now we are just playing the waiting game.  We receive updates from a nurse in surgery on our cell phones, and so far everything is good.  Thanks to everyone for your thoughts and prayers.  Again we are feeling very good about everything so far and we trust that everything will go well.  We love little Kaelyn so much!!  Thanks for checking in on her.