Lock Down

All four of us have had a really bad cold, going on a week or so now.  I guess the one good aspect of this is that we're all sick at the same time.  Hopefully that way we won't keep passing it back and forth.  And better for it to happen now that a few weeks from now.

The doctors have told us that it would be better for Mia to be healthy (obviously) for her cath on May 15th.  We think that if she had a slight cold, they'd still do it, but to us, her being sick could potentially add risks that we can avoid.  So we're going to go on lock down.  We've done it before, for 2 weeks before her Glenn surgery.  This time we're going to plan on a week and a half, starting the first weekend in May.  Izzy isn't going to go to school, the girls aren't going to go to any stores or public places, Art & I will sanitize like crazy if we do need to run an errand, and we will not be having anyone coming in our home.  It may seem extreme, but we do not want to add any complications to any part of Mia's cath.

The last cath she had, pre-Glenn, she was under anesthesia for about 2 hours longer than planned because they were having trouble finding a site to use.  Meaning, they couldn't get the catheter in her vessel.  This means she had her breathing tube in that much longer and her body had to endure more pokes and prods than I want to think about.  The cold she has right now is awful.  Runny nose to high heaven and a bad cough.  Push a breathing tube down her throat in that condition?  No thanks.  So we're going to do what we can to prevent it.  We'll probably miss out on some fun family gatherings, but we have to set our priorities.  We are lucky in the fact that all our family lives near by and we can see them whenever we'd like.  We can reschedule plans or celebrate holidays at different times.  Izzy can miss a few weeks of her 3 year old preschool class.  Our priority is our little girl.  So much is riding on this cath.  We want Mia to be the healthiest she can be so that we can get the best results possible to move forward.