Surgery #7 Around the Corner

3 more nights sleeping and we will be heading back to Toronto Sick Kids for surgery #7 for our girl. She is okay with going. She already has her supper picked out, as well as what flavour of the "sleeping smell" she wants. She has not shown any reservations at all. We find that amazing, and we praise God for that.

With surgery coming up fast, Keziah had to have a doctor's check up to make sure all is well. I was surprised to find out she is 48 pounds! Yet, if I think about it, I shouldn't be.....this girl is growing like crazy if I go by her jeans (when will summer start so I don't have to worry about her jeans being too short?!). She is probably down a few pounds since the check up though as she is just getting over the stomach flu.

We have to be at the hospital at 10, with a 12:00 surgery time. I don't know how long surgery will be, but the plan is for Dr. Zuker to take off the skin from the back of her ear and use it for skin grafts up and around her eye. He will then take skin from another part of her body and stitch it to the back of her ear, to replace what was taken for her eye. Confused yet?! :o)

Dr. Zuker will be keeping a sliver of her birthmark as her eyebrow, thinning it quite a bit, as well as shortening it. Right now her "eyebrow"/birthmark goes down past her eye:

He will also excise what is left under her eye:

We are thankful for no expanders again, but are trying hard not to get too nervous about the results of this surgery. Again, the risk of her eye being distorted is there. It is such delicate surgery. But we are relieved to know that Dr. Zuker will be doing this, and we are at peace knowing that God will guide his hands.

Dr. Zuker will also see what he can do about her scars on her scalp. The one, as you can see, has widened considerably. This is due to her head growing. While he may be able to make the scar thinner, it will most likely widen again as her head continues to grow. Once her head is done growing, this is where she will have some scar revision done. For now I am able to hide the wide scar most of the time in how I do her hair.

So, all said and done, she is booked in the hospital for 3 days: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. But we are really hoping that she is able to come out on Wednesday because we have to take Lincoln to the hospital on Thursday to the Fracture Clinic...more about this here. Never a dull moment when  you have littles!!

This surgery is exactly 3 years from when she had her very first surgery to start this removal process. We are really nearing the end - with this surgery possibly being one of the last ones, if not the last until she can make her own decisions when she gets older Yay!!

 Although this girl sheds a tear or many at the tiniest scratch, she becomes this valiant warrior as soon as it has anything to do with hospitals and her freckle. It doesn't make sense to me, but man, are we ever proud of her!!

We'll update once we are home from the hospital! We ask for your prayers again this coming week, and we thank you all for your love and support.