Updates

Wow, May has been a crazy month, full of ups and downs. We've gotten very good news, and bad news as well.
Jake was supposed to have open-heart surgery to repair a hole in his heart on May 26. It was determined a year ago that he would have to have the surgery, and they wanted to wait until he was a little bigger to do it. So, we saw his cardiologist at Children's hospital in April, and made the surgery for May 26. On May 25 Brian, Jake, and I all went in to the hospital for a pre-op appointment. Jake had has blood drawn, they took a chest x-ray, and we talked to numberous doctors for over 5 hours. We find out during the appointment that it was possible that Jake would not have his surgery tomorrow because there was an emergency case of a baby. We went home to wait on the call, and it turns out that his surgery was postponed because a day-old baby needed emergency heart surgery. I understood why it was happening, and certainly feel a lot of compassion for the baby, but it was very frustrating and depressing knowing that we would have to wait another 2 months for his surgery. The surgery is almost hanging over our heads, and we worry about him constantly. At first, I couldn't bear the thought of going through another 2 months of the waiting, but I'm getting used to the idea. We just keep praying and praying that his heart stays strong and that the surgery goes OK in July.
While worrying about Jake and his heart surgery, we got the great news that Evie was going to come home on May 17. It was such a relief that have a date on when she's coming home! Two weeks prior, we heard that she was probably going to come in early June, but at this date we got official word that she was coming home. Then we had to decide whether to go and get her, or have a social worker escort her home. I wanted one of us to visit Korea and see the country where she was born, and I also wanted us to be the first ones to bond with her instead of having the social worker do it. She's going to go from her foster mother to us, which I think will make for a better transition. It might not have made a difference either way, but I wanted one of us to be the ones to comfort her on the airplane. I have more vacation time than Brian and have a little more experience traveling, so we decided that it would be me to go to Korea. I had originally planned to go by myself, but after Jake's surgery was canceled, my mom stepped up and said that she would go with me. I'm thrilled to have a travel companion to share this special trip with! We get back to the States with baby Evie on May 10 late at night. I will be sure to post lots of pictures at some point.
Thanks to all my wonderful friends and family for their ongoing support, love, and prayers for our family. Everything seems to be happening at once, but we will get through it and have great times in the future. I can't wait until Evie is home and Jake is through his surgery and is well.