Thanks so much for the goodies in the waiting room... just wait till y'all hear what happened.
(((Hugs))) and prayers for your neighbor, Twins. Maybe they will enjoy the treats.
WE, OTOH, had an interesting morning.
I want to preface this by saying, last night, while dh was tossing and turning, doing everything except sleeping, I literally prayed, "Lord, just SURPRISE HIM with how well this turns out."
Okay.
We arrive at the hospital
bright dark and early... 5:15. They take him back to pre-op pretty quickly, get him into his gown, start an IV, go over all his medications, send the anesthesiologist in to talk to us... and we're waiting on the surgeon to come in and talk to us.
NURSE comes in, says, "I am so sorry... Dr. H has had an emergency and he cannot do the surgery today. All we can do is discharge you and send you home. You'll have to call his office when they open at 8:00 and reschedule." It turns out, he had fallen and cut his leg, badly, and was unable to stand and do surgery.
DH asked about his partner, was there any chance he could work him in today. No... partner has office appointments today... so...
DH said he felt like a 100 lb weight fell off his shoulders when she told him there was no option to use the partner or anyone else today. He said he has not had any peace about this since Day 1, and this may be a sign to just let it ride for a while; ask the kidney specialist to take a watch and wait approach. He will go back to the kidney specialist in April, and that will be approx. 6 months since the original ultrasound -- maybe a good time to see if this is changing/growing/etc.
I don't know. It may be dangerous to wait... but there is some reason God did NOT let him be operated on today.
Dh is already asleep, probably peacefully for the first time in a while! I think I am going to join him! I've been updating all the people I had texted earlier asking for prayer. I don't know why on earth dh had to go through all this worry for the last two months, but we were very blessed to find out how many people do care about him and maybe we've learned to trust God more. Dh says his faith and trust have always been strong and unwavering, but he still cannot help having these panicky times when dealing with medical procedures. And I guess having a major organ removed is pretty serious; even if the organ is not functioning properly.
Thank you all for your prayers, and continue to pray for dh to make wise decisions, that he can live with, as we proceed with this situation.