Della wanted a big greasy biscuit so I went to get some breakfast. They took my money and then told me I had to wait ten minutes for it to cook… Della finished eating about 8:00. Then I took care of Charlotte while Della got ready. At 10:30, we left for our appointment with the surgeon. As we were in the waiting room waiting, I could hear the secretary making calls to all of tomorrow’s appointments. To each one she said that the surgeon had an emergency cancer surgery come up for tomorrow and that they would need to reschedule to the next available time which was January 16th! We would have had to wait more than two months if the OBGYN hadn’t called this appointment in for us! We hadn’t waited long before we were called back to the examination room. The office manager came in and took down all the information about Della’s treatment history. Then the surgeon came in and examined Della and said she needed to have surgery ASAP and that he believed he could make time this afternoon! We explained to his office manager that we didn’t have insurance and we needed to have at least an idea of the cost. She then went to work cutting prices and making phone calls. It took several minutes and we prayed hard while we waited. I was changing Charlotte’s diaper when she came back and she told us the cost which, praise God, we can pay. It was12:30 when we left the office so we had just enough time to take Charlotte back to mom and dad’s house for Leanna to babysit her. Our appointment was at 1:30 so I didn’t have time for lunch and thankfully Della had not eaten anything since breakfast. If she had she would not have been able to have to surgery for that reason alone. We arrived on time at the Madison Surgery Center and they took Della back for preparation right away. I read four chapters of Acts while I waited and then they called me back. I was able to visit with her for a few minutes and then they sent me back to the Lobby saying that the operation should take about 45 minutes. I read one more chapter of Acts, and then Pat showed up to visit. She asked me exactly what Della was having done and as soon as I opened my mouth they called me back again. The doctor explained that the surgery had gone well and that it was completely necessary. He said that there was a large pocket that the aspiration could not reach. He said that the surgery was a success and that he was confident that she would not need any future surgeries for this! The doctor then left saying that he had another surgery to go to. I was then shown to where Della was waking up. I made some phone calls to let everyone know and found that Grandpa and Grandma were in the waiting room. I was told that Della would need about an hour before she would be ready to leave. That hour went well and Della felt well enough that she said she wanted me to get Zaxby's on the way home. We ate and then Della went straight to bed. Then Leanna continued to watch Charlotte for us while I went to the pharmacy to get some prescriptions filled for Della. We are so overwhelmed at how awesome God is right now! He has taken care of us so greatly! We are also overwhelmed at how I was able to send out a few emails and we were able to have so many people praying for Della during her surgery.
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| Della, ready for surgery |
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| Della waking up from surgery |
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