She checks into the hospital only two hours beforehand. This presents a number of challenges for Maria:
- It is difficult enough for her to get up in the mornings.
- Today's weafrother forecast is 0-8 with snow. While I've seen some on the mountains from our house, it hasn't reached us, but you can certainly feel it in the air.
- Our bathrooms are all ice-boxes at present until I get around to having the old windows fixed (they were built many years ago with a grilled mesh that allows airflow - not good for winters).
Anyway, tomorrow we have to visit the hospital for a pre-admission clinic and on Friday Maria is booked in for an "MRI Stealth", which from my basic understanding is combining a 3D MRI with CT to create the best possible imagery to assist the neurosurgeon with his task. After the "MRI stealth" we have a final pre-op meeting with the Neurosurgeon.
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7 (NIV)
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. John 14:27 (NIV)
