9-11 let us never forget those who are impacted from Sept 11th 2001 - MC is ready for surgery!

Good evening Dear Family members & Dear Friends,  

It's a very special day to remember. 

I think we should all take a minute to be silent and remember those who died in 9-11 and those who were left behind and impacted by the attack.  This has changed the world and so many of us have been touched by what happened.  Not only this attack but others throughout the decades.  Pause to remember! 

Today I took MC for a stroll outside and we ended up visiting the Randall Children's Hospital.  It's beautiful and whimsical and you can feel the dedication to the Children.  As adults we really enjoyed the colors and all the fun decor.  After all we are ALL kids at heart and we never outgrow being one. 

What's fun about this photo is that you can see out the window in the courtyard that there is rolling grassy hills.  Yes that's really grass.  It was fun to look at and to think about watching someone mow it. The whole area was very inviting.  But 95 degrees out was a bit warm to just hang around.  I liked the inside better, however liked looking out the windows. 

Here's MC in the trees with the birds.  This was just too much fun!  We also went through the Children's ER area.   Again, very whimsical with wonderful artwork and a very inviting children's play area.  Great place for a children's play date, but not recommending it. 

So now for the important part of the day!  MC is here in this photo with a BIG thumbs up.  He was loaded with two blood transfusions and lots of antibiotics in prep for tomorrow. 

(you can see he plum wore his sock out)  He's  very ready for the Free Flap surgery with Dr. Keller and Dr. Frome.  It has come down to this procedure in order to save his foot.  While  the Doctors were here this morning they chatted with Mike about tomorrow's surgery and what he can expect afterwards.  The Surgeons are Ready to GO!  

Mike goes in at 8:30 which means they will collect him about 7:30.  I'll be down there with him to ask any final questions we may have.  The surgery room is booked for 6 hours which takes us into mid-afternoon.  As soon as I hear from the Good Doc, I will do a quick update here and let everyone know via email that an update has been posted.

MC's WORDS

"I'd like to thank everyone for their thoughts , prayers and well wishes. I especially appreciate your recognition of all the effort that Sherry puts into these updates.  Not much more I can say tonight except thank you so very much". Mike, Dad, MC...

SB & MC out from room 4501 (last night in the suite - tomorrow is ICU till Sat sometime)