After a handful of pre-op appointments and lots of phone calls and scheduling and faxes to and from different doctors and specialists to prepare for surgery on Monday morning, I just got a phone call telling me his eye surgery needs to be postponed.

The anesthesiologist reviewed his chart and doesn’t feel comfortable working on Stephen in the outpatient area.  He wants to book him in the OR instead {just in case something goes wrong}.  That way they won’t have to truck him very far.

But the OR is booked until Feb 20th.  And I’m leaving town for a few days on the 24th, so I didn’t feel comfortable going anywhere that close to a surgery date {also just in case something goes wrong}.  So we are now scheduled for March 19th.

Part of me is a little disappointed, because I was ready to get this over with. And I’m so ready for this poor boy to see straight!  But I realize it’s for the best.  And I’m glad the anesthesiologist is doing his job and taking proper precautions.

We’ll hope when the time comes, there are no complications. He can live with strabismus {fancy for crossed eyeballs} for another 2 months.