So the countdown has begun.  Actually it started last night at about 6pm when Matt and I were chatting while I was on the way home from work.  It occured to both of us, that one week from that moment, this would all be done and over and we would  wonder what on earth we were so worried about.  While we agreed that we would certainly look back on this and wonder what all the stress was about, yesterday, at 6pm, there was plenty to be worried about and pretending that we weren’t worried was just dumb.

 Matt is worried about being under anesthesia.  Let me qualify that.  Matt is worried about not waking up from anesthesia.  The logical, rational, medical Matt knows that he will, of course, wake up.  The father & husband is not too happy about the whole thing.  His fear is, “what happens if I dont wake up?”.  My answers vary from morbidly humorous to gleefully optimistic.  “Well, look at it this way.  You won’t know if you don’t wake up.”  He hates that answer.  Can’t blame him really.  “Everything will be fine, of course everything will be fine, this is an incredible thing you are doing”.  I don’t think he likes that answer any better.  We have settled on just smiling at each other.  No words, just a look.  He doesn’t have to admit how he is feeling and I don’t have to make it better.  It works for us.  It is however, an incredible thing he is doing, whether he likes hearing it out loud or not.

 Andrew is hanging tough too.  Apparently not sleeping well.  I imagine that he is a nervous wreck.  Matt says he is still in disbelief.  The fact that dialysis will be a thing of the past is something he can barely believe. He has a few more days of it and will have it the day before surgery and then hopefully, never ever again!

 So official renal relocation information will be available here everyday up until the surgery and everyday thereafter, as long as I can find a place to get online and post.

 We will have a phone tree working so that we only have a few calls to make.  We will make sure that everyone knows when Matt and Andrew are out of surgery Wednesday afternoon.  Promise.

 Matt, Eileen and I travel to PA on Sunday and Chris will be there on Monday night.  Matt and Andrew have appointments with their surgeons 8am on Monday morning, so I will post as much information as I can after that meeting.  Matt, Andrew and Chris will be giong to see The Simpsons movie on Tuesday, I will spare you those details.  There will be lots of fart jokes and finger pulling.  It won’t be pretty.