Surgery tomorrow

This is a poem that I have seen many times on various cleft related sites...and I think it says all I am feeling tonight as Reid's mom. I won't say much more...except that keep Reid in your prayers tomorrow. Surgery starrts at 10:15. We love and thank you all for what you mean to us. We hope you know how very important you are to us....and to this very special little guy. I leave you with my thoughts.....

Dear Doctor:

Please remember

That little face you are

Reconstructing is more than

Muscle and Tissue and Bone.

It is the smile that fills

My heart with joy and

Swells my chest with pride

And brings life and meaning

Into my every day.

And when it is you and him

Behind the Big Doors,

And me in the little room,

Waiting,

Please remember

You are working with more

Than just a life.

You have in your hands

A reason for living

As well.

And as you look upon your

Little patient,

A mere few pounds of person,

Remember that he is cherished,

And not by me alone,

But by the many

Whose lives have been touched

And enriched by his.

And, Doctor, I will also remember

That I have chosen to trust you,

And to trust your skills,

And that by choiceI have entrusted his face

And his life

Into your skilled hands.

But for these next few hours,

While you and he

Hide behind the Big Doors,

And I wait in the little room,

I hope you don't mind

If I also choose

To pray.