We are in the WINDY CiTY..BRRRR.

Hi everyone.! To all that may not know...we (ME , CLAY, and SK) are in Chicago this week for Sarah Kathryn's cleft palate repair surgery. (and it is FREEZING HERE!!! snow everywhere) We go to the Shriner's Hospital tommorrow @ 10:00 am for her last consult w/ her team of doctors and maybe be checked in? im not really sure what to expect. But i will let you know as soon as i can what their plans are. She did really well on the flight up here (as usual , she slept most of the way bc my smart hubby plans the departure time right at nap time..what a guy!:) But unlike our usual warm and very accomodating treatment from the folk w/ Amer. Airlines....we were meet at the front desk with a lady who seemed to be mad at the world and with a flight attendant who almost made us take Sk out of her carseat on the plane bc she didnt know if our carseat was FAA approved. Are you kidding. So ...even if it wasnt.. she was assuming that is is 'safer' to take a baby OUT of a car seat..and just flop around in my arms the whole time. Needless to say, she stayed in the carseat. humhp! ANyways...the flight and all was pretty uneventful besides that.
Surgery day is Thursday the seventh. Even just typing that , my stomach gets yucky. Up until this week..ive havent worred too much about it. I havent really LET myself think of it. But now... im a mess. A WORRY WART. Clay doesnt understand...he is MR. Cool guy. ( I think he is prob. just as scared as me...but knows i need him to be the strong one right now) IT is not that i dont trust her doctors...I think they are wonderful! I just dont want her to hurt...or be scared.. or wonder why i cant fix it. I know she is going to be fine! She is a little firecracker and will prob. be ready to race around getting into everything in no time. But im still nervous! So thank you , thank you.. for all those who are praying for my sweet lovie, Sarah Kathryn this week.! ill keep you all posted and try to put pics up too.
MIss you all!
love,
Clay , Tracy, and SK


Also, To help you better understand about what cleft palate is compaired to a cleft lip. and about surgery, recovery and the team approach( like we are doing) ...i found a great webpage that give you all that info..in a nutshell. check it out...
(click on the link )
http://www.plasticsurgery.org/patients_consumers/procedures/CleftLipPalate.cfm?CFID=94251935&CFTOKEN=50683233