Third Times a Charm

Inconvenience...that's what we've been waiting on.  Each time we have been called this past summer it has been "perfect timing."  I was home for the summer, Jordan's babysitter has been available, it was during the day (no rush hour traffic) and all our parents were readily available.  We had time to call all our family and some friends, had time to sit and chat, and had time to hug on our little princess.  NOT THIS TIME! 

8-23-2010
A very busy day.  Jordan, Erin, and Suzi (Erin's mom) were in their first day of school and Barbara (Graham's mom) was in the dental chair with a mouth full of Novacaine being worked on by Bob (Erin's Dad).  Graham had just spoken with the Ford dealership (big mess up on trade in of lease) and ordered a very expensive new drug that was going to revolutionize his breathing.  Oh, and his Doctor is out of town until Wednesday!

3:45
Graham gets called - OMG. We all start running around like a chicken with our heads cut off.  Graham was able to cancel the new drug.  Bob was able to finish up on Barbara so she could pick up Graham and Bob could go get packed with Suzi.  And Erin rushed to get Jordan from School, play with Graham then rush off to sign paper work in Fort Worth at the dealership (not a fan of Ford Lease at the moment). 
All and all, we all got where we were supposed to go.  8:30pm we find out that it was all a go and 2:30 am would be the start time.  What a whirl wind.

Go Time
If you know Graham, he is an amazingly funny man who is all about the jokes.  Someone from the OR comes up to bathe him...a man.  Poor Man.  Graham starts in on him immediately.  He strikes a pose.  The OR guy begins to bathe him and Graham immediately "Don't touch me there you're not my Daddy."  Without skipping a beat OR man replies, "How do you know?"  Let the games begin, he found his match.  They came and got him about 1:15 am and everything started to sink in.  It's going to happen.  We sat down in the OR for about 15 minutes.  His close friend Jacob made it in the knick of time (made Graham's night!) to say Good Luck.  He did really know what to feel.  He was scared, excited, nervous, scared, scared, scared!  But this is what we've been waiting for.  Surgery started at 3:29 am.  Everything went smoothly.  He was so strong!  They took his right lung out and his left lung was able to sustain his breathing while they implanted the right.  They DID NOT expect that!  Once the right was done, they started on the left.  They struggled with his blood pressure the entire time; his upper, systolic number was 60 (regularly 120).  This slowed him down a little towards the end of the surgery, but he was in the 80s by the time he went into ICU at 11:20.  HE IS SUCH A FIGHTER!  He kept amazing his surgeon and doctor.  More to come on his progress soon.