Bummer day

Well we had a great time swimming Sunday night for two and a half hours with a big water slide and stuff. Ellie slept great and when she woke up she had this dry barky cough. I had a feeling that was going to be an issue but I was hoping it was just due to dry room and would quickly go away. Well we got to the hospital and they took her back to do pre-op stuff and they found a fever of 38.3 Celcius which is 100.3 abouts ferenheit. They didn't like that. Then they heard her cough every once in a while and didn't like that either. They listened to her lungs, she reported she felt fine and we were hoping we could just go on. I really thought the cough was from the dry room. The fever never went down and she coughed when they tried giving her the first medicine to calm her down so they stopped everything. There was a lot of waiting around and the stress mounted as we waited to hear when the anesthesiologist and Dr. Gantz thought. Well they decided no. Not today. Didn't want to risk her being sick and possibly having complications. So we went home, me in tears, dad frustrated and Ellie happy, "it's ok, mom, cause I missed Lily anyway." Lily is one of our cats. Something that was the sweetest thing Ellie said to me when she saw me upset was, "it's ok to be upset mom, everyone gets upset sometimes." Sounds like something Mrs. Bromwich, Ellie's kindergarten teacher, the school nurse or counselor would say. Such a sweet supportive thing. Love her for that. She makes me smile. So surgery is rescheduled for Friday, May 14th. We will try it again if Ellie is healthy. Thanks for all your prayers and support. Means the world to us. Love you all!!