It's finally here....

We're 1!!!!

On Tuesday (the 13th) McKinley will be admitted for her ileostomy takedown surgery on the 14th!  As I'm typing this I am realizing that I only have 2 more days dealing with ileostomy/colostomy bags....hopefully for the rest of her life!!!  And the one I put on this morning was a really good one so I'm hoping it will last until her surgery :)  After her most recent scoping Dr Healey decided that we should just go ahead with the surgery and pray that the narrowing of her intestine will widen as stool passes through.  We are very, very hopeful that the surgery will be a success and she will not have a blockage.
I am more anxious than normal about this surgery because as McKinley gets older she gets more active and more aware of what is going on around her.  I'm sad that she is going to have to go through the pain of another surgery but I'm so glad that we are rounding the corner and can see the light at the end of the tunnel where surgeries won't be every few months for us!  Hopefully this will be the last surgery in 2011, and we are only anticipating one surgery in 2012 (to remove her vascular ring).  Please pray that this surgery is a success and that she will be able to pass stool through just like the rest of us!! :)
On a more fun note, Brooks and McKinley just turned 1 on Thursday!!!  We had a birthday party for them on Saturday and went to the Puallup fair today so we've had a very fun weekend.  The weather has been beautiful and the kids have had a blast.  They are getting to be such a fun age, I even find myself enjoying them at times!!! :)
I will do my best to post an update when McKinley is out of surgery!  Thank you for your prayers!