Ready or NOT here IT comes!!!

The time has come!!!

The equipment is here ---

Hospital bed, wheel chair, car harness, and commode.

 This seems HUGE!!! And it is heavy!  Elizabeth says it is comfortable. Hmmm.....we'll see what she says after the surgery ;)

The hospital bed in our bedroom.  We are trying to make it seem 'normal.'

Most of the new clothes are ready -- leg warmers/little slippers made to match AND velcro added with cuts and alterations made -- thanks mom!

We had to size up 2 sizes on all of her clothes -- YIPEE!!  All the skorts have to have velcro in between the legs as she will have a rod from knee to knee.  Her panties needed to have velcro up each side.  Her short leg will not be completely covered in a cast so we made cute leg warmers to keep it warm with matching slipper for the foot that will be uncovered on her long leg.  

My School work prepped and ready to go!

Christmas presents bought -- well, all but a few.

Christmas cards --- DONE and in the mail.

Schedule done for the next week.

Packed!

Ok --- all the 'stuff' is ready!

BUT

ARE WE READY??!!

I can at least say, 'As ready as I know to be!'

I've prayed!  Asked MANY to pray!  Begged God to change this! Prayed more!  Organized, scheduled, cleaned and prepped --- while still praying!

Her new shirt, 'I can do all things through Christ who gives us strength!'

I'm TRUSTING God has this for us!

We are ready for what HE has planned NEXT for us!

PLEASE pray at 8:30 in the morning!

There are 2 doctors involved.

Dr. F will be working on her hip.

Dr. M will be working on her hand.

BOTH Drs. need to have steady hands and great skills to do these surgeries.  Both of the doctors need a couple of hours or so to do the surgery.  PLUS the cast takes about an hour to put on.  

Pray she adjusts easily to the cast.  Pray the pain is tolerable and we can get 'on top' of it quickly!

Pray for our family to continually TRUST God through all of this and to continue to CHOOSE JOY!  We truly want to be a light to all that come in contact with us BUT we cannot do this without prayer.

I will update on facebook periodically through the day AND I will TRY to update nightly on the blog.  I usually blog LATE at night after everything else in my life is settled :)

My Aunt Susan sent a box of fun for Elizabeth -- candy, stickers, cards, and this crown so she could be a princess during this time!  SHE LOVES IT!!! She packed it for the hospital!