And now we wait

After an early morning--Micah had to have his medicine before 5:30am--we arrived at the hospital. He was able to see my parents briefly when they arrived to wait with us--they and he were so glad about that. David's parents arrive this afternoon.

We then spent about 3 hours in the "holding room" waiting for the MRI to happen. We had a stream of people coming in to talk with us during that time, from surgery, MRI, anesthesia, epilepsy, and lab. Micah did so well! He couldn't have anything to eat or drink, and asked about every 10 or 15 minutes for some food or snack (french fries!), but he didn't fuss when we kept telling him that we needed to have empty tummies for the medicine he was going to get. He was cheerful and playful, and occupied with his favorite medical supply--a stethoscope. We watched some PBS kids TV and he took a nap on David's lap.

We said goodbye to him about a half hour ago. He walked with the anesthesiologist down to get the gas mask before they would stick him with the real IVs. He looked so brave and seemed only a bit perplexed when he turned around to look back at us.

And so now we wait. It will be 4-6 hours before the surgery is over. We'll be getting updates, but not as frequently as I will want, I'm sure!

We pray for safety for Micah, skilled hands for the surgeons and calm for us.