She's Under

We got down to CHOP at about 6:30 this morning and had about an hour to spend with Abigail while they were doing pre-op stuff. The nurse took Abigail at about twenty of eight and we cried because it was a very, very difficult thing to do. Then they took us to the waiting room, but because Abigail's surgery is so long they gave us a private room, which is super nice because we don't have to sit around waiting with 30 other people.

Then we went down to get some breakfast and coffee, but unfortunately missed the surgeon who came out to see us prior to the surgery. Oops. It's OK, though - I'm not sure what new information he would have given us. We've already asked every question we can think of three times!

We get an update from a nurse about every hour. The last thing we heard was that she did really well and went under peacefully at 8:00 am. Only five or six more hours to go until we see our little girl again...

And happy month birthday to Abigail! She turns seven months old in about 2 hours.