A new update:

8Â_ May 23, 2005 at 06:39 PM EDT



Now it appears that the plastics team at Children's will do the first surgery sometime tomorrow afternoon; they talked w/Shriner's, and have ultimately left it up to us--Shriner's can't operate until
Wednesday, but Children's can do it tomorrow, and time is of the essence. Shriner's also said they needed to talk to us before readmitting, to make sure we were all on the same page or whatever; we just want what's best for Sam, regardless of some of the misgivings/misunderstandings or whatever it was at Shriner's. I'm sure they won't be thrilled that we're letting Children's do the first surgery, but the chief attending here has told me that Children's has a top-notch plastics team as well, and I have enormous faith in Children's. They do think the follow-up and rehab should be at Shriner's, though; we'll see if they'll still help us at that point. We just don't have the patience for all the politics; Sam is all that matters. It's really a day-by-day thing at this point; I'll post again after surgery, assuming Sam stays stable thru tonight and tomorrow. Keep the prayers coming full-blast.
Jessica

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Our prayers are still coming, and especially will be tomorrow afternoon.