Day 1: Arrived
Here is the first post by Dawn as she wrote on our Carepage….
Well, we made it to Edmonton safe and sound! We had a great dinner with my cousin and her husband and now are all settled in the mennonite guest home. It is a nice big house with about 8 guest rooms. It is very clean, and we have a nice room. It is very quiet here, and all the people staying here (that we have met anyways) are all older. The only thing is there is no tv or internet and they actually don’t even want you using it in your rooms. As you can imagine, Daryl is going crazy! It’s a good thing we got the data plan iphone!
So tomorrow is our first (of many) busy day(s)! We are planning on leaving here at 6:15am, and then all the pre operation testing will start at 7am. We have been told to expect to be there until around 1 or 2 in the afternoon (over 6 hours… YIKES!). The dr’s will give her a mild sedative so they can do tests and get a nice clear picture of her heart. Then we will meet both the surgeon and the anesthesiologist and get a tour of the PICU (where Norah will stay after the surgery).
So far our spirits are up, and I am personally looking forward to tomorrow to get some questions answered and see where we will be. I would just love to zoom ahead a few weeks and forget about this part, but I know that the future will come soon enough on it’s own! I was just telling Daryl today that I don’t know how my heart can feel so strong and so weak all at the same time! I am amazed at how well I am taking this all (and I know it’s only through God’s strength – thanks for praying!), and at the same time I feel completely helpless, weak and out of control. At the same time I have been reminded that it’s a good thing I don’t have control, and I can also completely trust the One who is! Praise God, that I know my loving Father is watching over Norah, because I don’t know if I could handle this otherwise!
Well I’d better go, Norah is quite unhappy right now and we are going to try to get her to sleep. I feel bad for the gentleman that is next door to us…. I’m sorry! 
Here’s hoping we get a good sleep in tonight!
I’ll post here tomorrow to let you all know what time the surgery is happening on Thursday!
-Dawn
