Living in the Moment

We started our "lock down" 5 days ago and are still going strong.  We have only left the house to go on walks around the neighborhood.  As we walk I keep my eyes peeled for humans walking around that we need to avoid.  Yes, this is what life at our house has been like this week.  My husband's thoughtful grandparents brought us cupcakes the other day.  We waved at them through the window like quarantined animals!  My dad dropped off Mia's new prescriptions yesterday and we did the same.  As it happens, it seems so silly and I feel so overprotective, but oh well.  We're almost there and we're all healthy.  In less than a week Mia's cath will be done and we'll be moving on to the next phase of life.

We talked to our cardiologist on the phone at the beginning of the week.  Just had some questions we wanted to make sure were answered before the procedure.  She told us that potentially Mia's surgery could be within 6 weeks from the cath depending on what they find.  That hit Art and I hard.  We may be going from lock down right now to major lock down in another few weeks.  That scared me, but it's comforting to know that in less than a week we'll have answers to our burning questions.  Finally.

I've actually really been enjoying our time at home this week.  I've been drinking in my girls and the fun ages that they are.  I love seeing Izzy's imagination going wild and Mia exploring everything in our house.  I thought that I'd be brutally bored, but that's not the case at all.  It's nice having so much time, just the four of us, before our life gets interrupted with another open heart surgery.

As I'm typing this, Mia is standing next to me, talking to me in her own little language and putting stickers on a piece of paper.  I love her so much.  Her smiling face gives me hope and when I look at her my heart aches because I never want anything bad to happen to her.  I want to protect her in any way I can, I want to give her half of my heart.  Since I can't physically do that, I will instead give her my whole heart full of love. That sounded really cheesy, but it's the truth!