Hey Wyatt- this is great-grandma Francie writing to say hi. It is 4:30 am and you and i, along with 2 little girls Joclyn and Skye and 2 nurses (yours is name Lisa) are hanging out here in the pediatric ICU. You are sound asleep, been asleep for 5 days healing from your 2nd surgery to place a cochlear implant behind your right ear. You aren't easy to keep asleep, you've been fighting the drugs every step of the way and you have a breathing tube down your throat. a feeding/draining tube down your nose, a blood pressure cuff around your ankle, an oxygen monitor on your big toe of your other foot and 2 IV access needles in your left are with 7 different things flowing into you, plus antibiotics, plus things to help you have a bowel movement, since nothing happened in that department for 5 days or so. We figure your pretty uncomfortable. you had a catheter in until yesterday, bet you were glad to get rid of that.
Tomorrow morning you will be going down for your 3rd surgery. "the lord willing and the creek don't rise" And there are so many people praying for you and Dr. Rimmel and the success of this surgery.
Your mom and dad love you so much, it is tearing them apart to see you this way, only the hope tinged with belief that the surgery will benefit in the long run, and enable you to hear gives the courage to stand by and allow you to go through this experience.
I am so proud of them, it would have been so easy for them to decide to pass on this chance for you, it was the hard choice to decide to give you this opportunity, I love you. And feel honored to be here with you tonight, whatever happens, whatever the results, you are a perfect human being, a 100,000 miles and hour boy and a quick learner who spreads love and joy wherever you go. Time to go to sleep now, but remember you are loved, and i, along with ALL your family feel blessed that you were born, good-night for now my precious boy
Love
Great grandma.
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