Surgery scheduled

Well we went to the appointment with who we thought was a neuro-opthalmologist like I mentioned in the last blog. We got there and they had Ellie read letters and then another lady came in and told us she thought we were in the wrong doctor's office because she read the notes. So we told her yes we knew we were waiting for the appointment with Gantz and we were confused why we got this appointment with a totally new doctor in a new area. Anyway, we said we wanted to be seen today because we took off work and school. She got us in upstairs in Dr. Gantz's office and his fellow that followed Ellie when she was in the hospital did some preliminary testing to see how her nerve and muscle function had recovered. She put a scope down Ellie's nose to look at her vocal cords and she said they look good. She explained to us the surgery and we asked questions. Dr. Gantz then came in and reiterated what Dr. Woodson said and he said let's schedule her. So we decided to schedule her in the next 30 days so we could get pre-op out of the way. So we scheduled her for Friday, April 23rd. She would only miss one day of school and could go back on the Monday if everything went well.

Today I got a call from Dr. Gantz's office asking if we would be willing to bring her on Monday the 26th for surgery. They had something come up for someone who has a more pressing issue. We agreed especially because others agreed to push Ellie through quicker on her first surgery. So she will miss more school now which is a bummer but it will get done. I will elaborate on what they do during the surgery. It's very interesting and I know many people want to know. So there is more to come in the future.