We only THOUGHT today was surgery day!

Today we were again reminded that most of life is out of our control. Here's the scoop:
Amy did not have surgery today.
Last night, as instructed by the surgeon, we gave Amy an Ativan tablet, to help her get a good sleep prior to surgery. About 30 minutes later, she was pretty dizzy and was experiencing some strange visual "sensations," such as the pillow looking like it was moving in snake-like fashion, the lights on the television weaving about, etc. She was intrigued by these effects, but I encouraged her to go to sleep, which she did. She still felt strange when she woke up at 7:00 this morning, and then about half an hour later she felt really bad. She said it was like a bad car sickness. So, she was sick to her stomach twice while getting ready to leave, then three times once we were at the hospital. Keep in mind that yesterday she was frolicking in the surf, having a great time, and was perfectly fine until after the medication.
Enter the surgeon and anesthesiologist (the Dr's).
The Dr's had a chat with all of us about what was going on. They were concerned that Amy might be sick, enen though she had no other symptoms and she felt fine until taking the medication. They did a CBC to see if her white blood count was elevetated. In fact, it was. It was 13,000 (11,000 would have been "high normal").
So, the question remained about whether or not the elevation was because of the sore throat she had last week or due to some other thing she may be just coming down with. Her surgeon said he didn't want Amy to have any chance of infection post-surgery because her immune system might be currently fighting something off, so he thought it best to not do surgery today.
Amy was very, very disappointed. She had been looking forward to having the procedure completed, felt mentally and physically ready, etc.
So, the surgeon's office is working on finding an alternate date (this Friday is a possibility). We are waiting to see if Friday is OK, and also whether or not Amy gets sick between now and then. If she is fine, then they would repeat the blood work on Thursday and see what the white blood count.
We have returned to Encinitas, where we will stay until we know what is going to happen.
What have we learned?
1. If Amy hadn't taken the medication, she might not have needed the blood test, which wouldn't have informed the Dr's about the potential infection risk. So, she might have had surgery and had infection problems.
2. The Dr's know know she may have a bad reaction to that family of medications (which is the family they use for surgery), which will change what they give her during and after surgery. This is valuable information, because one of the worst things she could do post-this-kind-of-surgery is to get sick to her stomach.
3. The Israelites had to wander in the desert 40 years, not knowing when God was going to have them pack up and move to another place. We know he is in charge of this situation, as well, and will move us forward when it is in his time.
4. In the meantime, we are not spending energy trying to guess what will happen. We will just try to realx and take it as it comes. The sun is out and it is beautiful here. We are staying with family members, including my 100-year old grandmother. God continues his belssings!

Just received a call from the Dr's assistant. Amy has a surgery slot this Friday, the 12th, at 8:30 a.m.!
Please pray specfically for her to be healthy so that we can proceed. Thank you all. Amy says "Hi, and thanks for your prayers."