Making Plans…

We have been busy for the last few weeks trying to get everything in place for what will likely be a prolonged visit to Salt Lake City. Our first concern, is getting the surgery scheduled, hopefully for the end of May so that Kadence will not need to miss school. In a best case scenario, the surgeries will begin during the end of May. She will be in Salt Lake City until the end of June or middle of July. Then home again with a few weeks to recover before school starts again early in August

Before they can even schedule the surgeries, however, she needs to see a cardiologist/pulmonologist to make sure that there are no irregularities to her heart or lungs which would compromise her respiration while under anesthesia. Because she has seen both in recent years we do not expect any problems but the anesthesiologist in SLC wants more recent tests. At this point, it appears that we will be able to take care of this here in Phoenix. Hopefully this can be done soon and we will be able to begin our plans for travel to SLC for the surgeries.

On another, related note: Many have asked how they can help Katelyn and Lee as they face the upcoming challenges of scheduling, travel and overall stress of Kadence’s upcoming surgeries. We so appreciate your thoughts and prayers. While her medical expenses are covered by Shriner’s, other costs (travel, lodging, living expenses and loss of income while in SLC) are expected to be substantial. Thanks to Katelyn’s cousin, Ashley Holland, for thinking of and organizing a FoFundMe for them. If you would like to contribute please see the link below

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