Surgery

We left Houston with a plan. We now knew that Georgia would have surgery and when she would have it. I immediately thought, I need pictures. I wanted newborn pictures of my sweet angel before surgery. I wanted pictures of her as God sent her to me. There was a small problem with that. We would only be home two days before heading back to Houston. The only day we could do the pictures would be Sunday. My dear friend Mary was on it. She found a wonderful girl who agreed to come to our house on Sunday morning. Thank you so much Sara, you did a great job! The pictures of Georgia are amazing. (will post soon). While we were in Houston my amazing friends stepped into action. They began the "FIGHT FOR SIGHT GEORGIA KATE" campaign. I can never express how thankful Ashton and I are for every single one of you who have been a soldier in Georgia Kates fight. You are all angels sent from God to help this little one see all that God has blessed us with. WE WILL FOREVER BE GRATEFUL!
Surgery day came around very quickly. I awoke that morning with a heavy sick heart. I was scared to death. My little one was so unaware of what was about to take place which made it even harder. We arrived at TCH at 8 am surgery was to start at 10. We quickly began the preop suffle. Waiting, Waiting, Waiting. Praying that she would sleep through her next feeding. Anesthesia came and explained her procedure which just made everything worse. Dr. Hamill then came for us to sign consents. Told us he would take the cornea and possibly the lens, iris, and if need be the gel behind the iris. WHAT? The IRIS???? What will her eye look like? Ashton quickly reminded me it doesn't matter as long as she can see. The sweet nurses took her out of my arms and I lost it. The surgery would take approx 1.5 hours. Let the count down begin. We had some family and amazing friends with us who took our mind off of the time. When Dr. Hamill came out my heart skipped a beat. I was scared out of my mind. He quickly stated " We got lucky today". With a smile on his face. AMEN!!! He only had to take the Cornea. However I know it wasn't luck, it was answered prayers. I told him I could kiss him which he said "I wish you would". Great sense of humor. So step one down and now the really hard part begins.