Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Hi everyone,

We just got to Edmonton yesterday, Ava’s surgery is finally tomorrow. The posterior Pharangeal flap. We’ve been on the wait list for so long.

We are all settled at the Ronald McDonald House. We are close by the stollery which is so nice 🙏🏼. This place is really amazing. It’s just what families need who have her kids in the hospital. It’s incredible what they all provide and help out with. They had arts and crafts for the kids, amazing meals, and presents for them all. She loved looking for the elves this morning, as the house has their own🎄🎅🏻.

Today we had Avas Preadmission clinic appt at the stollery. She unfortunately caught a cold last week. She’s had a cough and congestion what has not been ideal. Luckily we’re on the tail end of it as it’s been a full week now. Anesthesia said she should still be ok for surgery tomorrow. It makes us all anxious as her throat is the area they’re operating on. We are hopeful she will be strong with her recovery post op.

We are second case tomorrow. We have to be there at 730am, and OR at 9am. It’s a 2 hour operating time. We will be so eager to see her once she’s out.

This is Avas 10th surgery. 8 of them being extensive ..

It’s never easy walking your child down to the OR table, handing her to the physician and watching her fall asleep, I always leave in tears.. this brings back so much trauma our family has gone through.

Avas been through so much. She’s so brave, kind hearted, and resilient. Seeing her today in the preadmission clinic made me think how far she’s come. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers for tomorrow morning. We will keep you all updated .❤️