Surgery postponed because of...

...pulmonory hypertension. A common companion to CDH. Nanette's heart has to work extra hard to pump blood through her lungs, so there's extra pressure building up. The resulting loss of efficiency droped her oxygen saturation levels (SATS) a bit, so the surgeon wants to wait a couple more days before he causes her more stress. But overall, she's doing fine. The new tentative date is Thursday, the 20th. He'll re-assess her that morning. It could be postponed again. Depends on Nanette.

Meanwhile, we're adjusting.

JoAnn is like a super-heroine, battling through her surgery to get here, trudging through hailstones (actually, I drove her through the storm,) sending healing energy to Nanette, and all the while keeping a better attitude and sense of faith than anyone else. We finally got her to see a doctor today. I was sitting next to her holding her hand and I could feel her arm throbbing. Her blood pressure was high (she'll kick me when she reads this, because it's like telling everyone that she has a wekaness for kryptonite.) Angie and the doctors are getting it under control - meanwhile, she's right back in there with Angie and Josie, watching, holding the vigil, praying. Four girls. They kicked me out.

I'll get even tomorrow. I'll go get Carter.