Another Jasper Update – Surgery Date.

So many of you have asked or checked in to see if there were any updates on Jasper, so THANK YOU for keeping us in your thoughts!  It’s been so so busy lately that I haven’t had a chance to write.  Which is good though, keeping my mind off everything and all.  Open Diary is as slow as ever, so I’m going to write here first, and then try to cross post if it ever loads.

Anyways. 

We finally had our appointment/consultation with the pediatric surgeon yesterday in the Big City.  He was a nice man and seemed really good with the kids.  Wesley was in there, too, and Nathan met us.  (We drove separately as he is heading on to South Dakota to finish up fall harvest there and the Big City is on the way)…

So after he examined everything, looked at the ultrasound, he said, "I don’t think it’s a lipoma."

OK….???

"Still not exactly sure what it is, possibly an Inclusion Cyst which is also something that could be benign and nothing to worry about, but we need to take it out to make sure and get a better look at it," he explained. 

So, it was really going to happen.  Surgery.  Like, real surgery where they put him under and cut into his skin and put stitches in him to sew him back up again.  I felt nervous but relieved at the same time—they were going to get whatever that thing is OUT of him, and hopefully it’s nothing and we can get on with life. 

His surgery was originally scheduled for this coming Friday, but unfortunately I had a wedding the VERY next day on Saturday, and I just didn’t feel comfortable leaving him less than a day after his surgery.  I was assuming he would need lots of cuddles and nursing and mommy time.  So as much as I didn’t want to put it off, I really didn’t have a choice.  A wedding is just one thing you can’t reschedule, so I called and asked the nurse what I should do.  If they truly wanted him in ASAP I would make it work, but she said, "Waiting another week or two is just fine."  The next available appointment was October 24th, which over two weeks away.  I wish we could get in sooner, but it will allow me the comfort of knowing I can be with him for at least 48 hours after the surgery instead of less than 24.  And unfortunately I still have a wedding that weekend too but there will be an extra day in between since the new surgery date is on a Thursday. 

So until then I’m just not going to think about it or let it bother me.  He’s really so healthy and happy otherwise you’d never know there was anything lurking underneath his skin.  And hopefully he handles the surgery like a trooper and I don’t fall apart on my end.  I just don’t know what to expect or how he’s going to be.  At least he’s little and won’t really know what’s going on.  I can just about imagine if Wesley was the one needing surgery! 

I’ll update again when I can but nothing really new will be happening until the day of the surgery.  Keep praying!