Pre-cath clinic

Today Micaela had her pre cath prep at Hospital for Sick Children. What an experience! What a star my little girl is proving to be! She is so brave and her courage is inspiring :) We had a very early day and from the onset she was pleasant and cooperative. She was shy (as she always is) about greeting people but I think it is just the stand-offish-to-everybody-way that we know and love (NOT) about her.

All the way from check-in, to bloodwork, to x-ray, an ecg and back to meet and greet with the nurses, doctors and other AMAZING members of the team we will cross paths with in the next few days. She took her camera with her and took pics of every exciting thing she experienced. She is so super excited to go back and the staff prepped her, and us, really well.

Having her ECG...

Getting all the info about tomorrow from one of the amazing nurses...

Practicing to breathe with the 'sleepytime' mask

It turned out to be not as scary as I had thought it would be but it is only the first day. In a nutshell... so far, REAL good! Now, to dig tremendously deep and make it through the biggest part... the actual cardiac catheterization. God bless and keep my baby safe and give me the strength to be there for her.