My husband and I leave for Mayo (Rochester) in about three weeks. (flying out on Dec. 20th). Am I scared. Yup. Am I obsessessed? Nope, cuz our big Christmas musical opens tonight. If I haven't mentioned it before, my 11 yr old son, and I are in a musical, that opens now, until Dec. 19th. It's a big deal around here......we do 14 shows, and an estimated 10,0000 people attend over that time.
My son has one of the leads, and I'm part of the "all cast" (I DO get to do a little sumpin sumpin extra, singing in a trio
) We started rehearsals last August, and have worked really hard.
Not gonna lie.....it's a little difficult to do the singing AND dancing, with the shortness of breath that I get, but it's totally doable. It was important to me, to see this through, THEN go get my valve fixed. Unfortunately, because of my max "out of pocket", that puts me in Minnesota over Christmas, and that's a bummer.
I'm ready to get "fixed", though. Hoping that I can stop taking some of the meds they have me on. Hoping that my stamina increases, and that I will feel "Mahvelous, Darling".
I keep sending Mayo emails, to be SURE it's really happening! So far, so good! So, again, we fly out on 12/20, arrive LATE (staying at the Kahler), arrive early at the clinic 21st for first of three days of testing, consultations, and procedures.
Our church family has been very supportive......in prayer, AND with some financial gifts. We are blessed with my parents, who live nearby, and will be keeping our son, while we're away. So MANY blessings.
Welp, just wanted to check in, and let you know I'm still "out here", just been super busy with work, and this play.
Hope everyone is doing well!
My son has one of the leads, and I'm part of the "all cast" (I DO get to do a little sumpin sumpin extra, singing in a trio
) We started rehearsals last August, and have worked really hard. Not gonna lie.....it's a little difficult to do the singing AND dancing, with the shortness of breath that I get, but it's totally doable. It was important to me, to see this through, THEN go get my valve fixed. Unfortunately, because of my max "out of pocket", that puts me in Minnesota over Christmas, and that's a bummer.
I'm ready to get "fixed", though. Hoping that I can stop taking some of the meds they have me on. Hoping that my stamina increases, and that I will feel "Mahvelous, Darling".
I keep sending Mayo emails, to be SURE it's really happening! So far, so good! So, again, we fly out on 12/20, arrive LATE (staying at the Kahler), arrive early at the clinic 21st for first of three days of testing, consultations, and procedures.
Our church family has been very supportive......in prayer, AND with some financial gifts. We are blessed with my parents, who live nearby, and will be keeping our son, while we're away. So MANY blessings.
Welp, just wanted to check in, and let you know I'm still "out here", just been super busy with work, and this play.
Hope everyone is doing well!
