"Last time in Washington with a heart condition" was Alistair's comment as we walked into Sea-Tac airport this morning. He is excited to see his buddy Sully and that's about all he has mentioned. I think his attitude it okay right now. He slept pretty well at Nana and Papa's after a week of sleeping in a cabin or outside with his camp friends. Part of me thinks we should get him caught up on sleep and well-rested, but then I think that he will have plenty of time for that after Friday! Not that we want to string him out, but there is also no need to adhere to strict bedtimes!
In talking to people, it is weird to talk about why you are traveling. People are going home, some are going to visit family, we have a bunch of soldiers on the plane who are going to some National Guard station in the vicinity. "Business or Pleasure" is the usual question. Not sure how to answer that one. "Well let's see...pleasure for a few days, hell for a few days, a constant state of worry for a few more and then pleasure for the last few."
It is getting much more real. Seth is already worrying and feeling stressed. I like to focus on one thing at a time. I stressed about getting through security and onto the plane. Then I will stress about getting to Rochester on Wednesday morning at o dark thirty. Then I will stress about getting to all the appointments and trying not to be overwhelmed with all the information. I think the major stress will begin Thursday night when we call to get his surgery time for Friday morning and what time we have to be at the hospital. I anticipate not sleeping that night and having a large pit in my stomach.
We are looking forward to the next few days and hanging out with the Sandholms. Alistair and Sully ran to each other with open arms and hugged when we got to baggage claim! It was very cute!
As a side note, we had a great Fourth of July! We spent the day at my parent's house on Fox Island. They picked Alistair up at Camp Colman for us so we could spend the morning wrapping up our house and closing up shop for a couple of weeks. Lots of people came out to the island during the day to say Hello and send us off with good luck! The kids got to meet their newest cousin and we managed to get them all to sit in the same spot for a couple for a photo op! I have to say we all make pretty cute kids!
Hoping your adventure this week has been full of many experiences, the folks from UW Medicine IT who work with your dad send healing energy your way. We look forward to hearing about the folks you meet, the experiences and your return to the Lacrosse field when you're back to Seattle!
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