Operation Day

I want to start by saying thank you. Thanks to all of you that have been praying, fasting, calling, writing, loving and supporting. It means the world to us. We feel like all our prayers have been answered, Spencer is doing great!
As some of you know, Spencer had surgery today. All was successful and he is home sleeping. This was his second operation and should be the last. It has been hard to get this scheduled with two doctors and we are glad it is over.
I feel like I have been fighting back tears all week. His first operation was scary because of "fear of the unknown" and this time it was scary because we have been through it before. Plus the fact that this time we were dealing with a toddler instead of an infant.
There is something so freighting about handing your baby to the anesthesiologists and having them walk through doors to a place you can not follow. Not knowing what your baby sees or is thinking or how he feels, this all is heartbreaking for a mother.
After we turned him over to our trusted surgeons, we went to the waiting room. We meet another couple there waiting for their son, whom not only was having two similar operations to Spencer's but a third all at the same time. Talking with them we learned that when their son was born he had heart trouble and needed extensive reconstruction surgery on his heart. He spent his second day of life on the operating table and the four following day with his ribcage opened due to his swollen heart. Then they spent another 5 weeks at the hospital before they could take him home. Hearing this story not only makes me so grateful for Spencer, but makes me realize that "everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle."
Thanks again for all your love, support and prayers.