Day 5

1:13:00 PM Atticus Army 1 Comments

Hey Army,

Last night went pretty well.  Emilie and I traded off holding Atticus, he doesn't much like his bed, nor do we really want to just leave him in there.  The plan for today is to get his MRI done sometime around 3:30 this afternoon.  That is going to be his only procedure today, then it is some food and rest for surgery tomorrow morning.  The morning today was pretty uneventful, we just relaxed with Atticus, and I got a little bit of studying in.  That is still one subject that hasn't been broached much,  it is so difficult to decide what is best for our family.  I am currently in my 3rd year of Veterinary Medicine at WSU.  The faculty and staff there have been so helpful with our situation, not to mention the AMAZING support network we are receiving through them and especially my classmates.  I just want to thank you so much!



The neurosurgeons came in a little bit later this morning to speak with us about our MRI this afternoon and they needed to put some of these little donut looking markers on Atticus's head to for GPS  points to be used to navigate the brain on surgery day.  We also had to shave our little bugs head.  It was so sad, looking at him it makes this whole thing really start to hit home.  Generally speaking as a parent you really have a lot of choices on what to do with your children.  Not that we are unhappy being here at all, but the circumstances under which we are here are not fun.  Emilie and I are just besides our self really feeling like all of this is out of our control.  We are trying so hard to keep positive attitudes, especially for our little Atticus.  It hs difficult to place your child in someone's arms and plead to bring him back to us, knowing you can't do anything but pray.  We have felt the Lord's hand in many things that have happened this week, and keep praying that they will continue in the coming weeks.







 Luckily we had a fun visit with family shortly after having to do this, so that was definitely helpful.  Our cute kiddos weren't quite sure what to think about the hair cut.  Ryker kept telling us that he felt for bad for Atticus.








As we await our MRI we just keep sitting here, kinda lost and not really knowing what to expect and how to prepare for the coming steps.  We have faith in the AMAZING staff here at Seattle Children's Hospital, and in all the prayers and thoughts from our Army.  Thank you so much for all of the support. 

Here are a few pictures I found while sitting here, thought you all might want to see them.  ;-)