The night before a big day...for my little one

Tonight, my little one has no idea of the big day she has in store for her tomorrow....and I'm thankful for that. Man, is it hard to be a momma!

We need to be at Texas Children's tomorrow morning by 6:30am, which means leaving our house by 5:30am, which means getting up at 4:30am, which means that I should already be in bed...but alas! I am blogging :)

Maggie is scheduled for a CT scan to check out everything going on with her sinus, nasal passages, adenoids, and everything else in between. Because of her age, she will need to be sedated, therefore, we have to be there 1 1/2 hours before her scan time of 8am. It should be interesting to see how she handles being poked and prodded for the anesthesia, poor thing.

Maggie basically can't breathe at all through her nose. She is a mouth breather. She is completely blocked. They don't know if it's just severe sinus issues and just needs sinus surgery, or if it's more serious with a nasal obstruction that would require complete nasal reconstruction. If either of these are the case, she will need to re-trained to learn how to breathe through her nose, as they suspect that she's never really been able to do so. We're hoping, of course, that surgery isn't necessary, but it might be the only solution to her medical issues. We'd appreciate your prayers as we go through the testing tomorrow.

On another note, we met with Maggie's CPS caseworker on Tuesday morning and the meeting went well. It's really hard to know how "well" it went, as they don't show too much emotion. You do feel as if every little move is being monitored and evaluated...did I respond to the question right? Did I go to Maggie quickly enough? Does our house look like an 18 month feels comfortable here? Did she notice that the dishes were still in the sink? Is she concerned that Maggie didn't seem to "need" me at all during our visit? Oh the questions that go through one's mind!

We did find out a little more into her birth mother's history and due to privacy issues, I won't share, although it's just more horrifying to know all that Maggie has endured in her short 18 months on this earth...and makes us even more thankful that the Lord brought her to us when He did. We have seen first hand that the Lord does prevail and that goodness does win over evil, even in a little life such as Maggie's.

During the meeting, we found out that Maggie hasn't had any of her immunizations at all, so we get to start on those on Friday. Poor baby!

Thanks for checking in with us and for your prayers.

Much love to all!