The Night Before Surgery

Tonight is Clepson's last sleep with his "old" eye. He is quite worried about his surgery, but trying to act like a little man. Clepson had a fun filled day over at my sister Sarah's house. Her house is loud, bright and often silly. Clepson spent hours playing in the pool, riding bikes and watching movies. We had cake and ice cream for Noah's birthday and Clepson was excited to watch Noah open his presents.

At one point Sarah showed Clepson her son Isaac's photo. Clepson told her how to say Isaac in Creole and asked why he was still in Haiti.... That is the million dollar question. Why is Isaac in Haiti almost 3 years after his adoption proceedings began. Why does his file sit in MOI while he languishes in an orphanage without the love of his waiting family. The longer he lives in the orphanage the greater his new family's work will be. Attachment issues, behavior issues, the list grows longer by the day and don't forget the health issues. A waiting baby died just weeks ago from Meningitis in Isaac's orphanage.

I joked with Clepson that Issac only got lambouie (spelling) three times a day at his orphange, not like Love a Child. Clepson had quite a bit to say about how proud he is of his home at Love a Child.

Sherry, this boy knows he has been chosen to be at Love a Child for a reason and sees the value of the work you do. Clepson appreciates the gift of education and health living at the Love a Child orphanage has given him.

Clepson went on to explain that many of the orphanages are fed with food from Feed My Starving Children that is distributed from Love a Child.

We ended the night at Sarah's with all of her children wishing Clepson well in his surgery and saying they would be praying for him, and they will be! With all the prayers floating around for Clepson tomorrow, I know he will do well in surgery.

Clepson is currently showering and will do so again in the morning prior to going to the surgery center. They asked this to help reduce his chances of getting an infection. MRSA is fairly common at most surgical centers and hospitals, so we will try to NOT develop a superbug!

Clepson will have another snack before bed as he is allowed nothing after midnight tonight. We are to arrive at the surgical center at 9:00 and Clepson will go into surgery at 10:00. There will be some consultations with the anesthesiologist and doctors. The surgery is 90 minutes or so and then we will have a bit of time in post op until Clepson feels good enough to walk. I am not sure if we will just come home or go to Sarah's to get Noah and Zoe. Terry will be in Seattle tomorrow working and Sarah has doctors appointments in Seattle with Bean and has to pick up our Mom and niece Libby at the airport. In all likelihood they will be back to Sarah's before we leave the hospital.

I will pass on any well wishes posted to Clepson directly!