Surgery Tomorrow!

About 6 long months ago, I returned to Arizona after spending over a month in Long Beach during Macey's recovery. After being back in Arizona for only a couple short days, I received a phone call from my mom telling me Macey's skull was infected and they were going to have to remove it. After flying back to Long Beach, I will never forget walking back up to ICU and seeing my sister so devastated. Just when we thought it was all over, it wasn't. She just kept saying, "It's not fair!" I had such a hole in my heart for her and wished I could just take her place, many of us thinking the same thing. Six whole months to wear a helmet seemed like eternity. How could she go back to school to take her finals wearing a helmet? How would she walk through life with a perfectly functioning brain wearing this embarrassing helmet? But SHE DID! The stares, looks, and comments were hard to ignore, but Macey made it seem so easy. Everyone could recognize Macey from miles away, thanks to her bright pink decorated helmet that her friends helped her make. She walked through life never being ashamed, realizing wearing a helmet was a small price to pay for the miracle she had received. I honestly don't know if I could have walked through a college campus or go to the gym wearing that darn helmet. Vanity got thrown out the window and an appreciation for the simple things in life became the everyday norm.

Those long 6 months are finally over, and our jokes about burning that helmet can actually become a reality (although we aren't actually going to burn it!) Macey has made it through one more bump in the road. Tomorrow starts a new and hopefully final chapter to her recovery. She will check into Long Beach Memorial Hospital tomorrow morning at 8 am, although surgery most likely won't be until noon or so. We just please ask everyone get the power of prayer going tomorrow. Pull out those cute pink prayer bracelets to remind you that each day is a gift as we all have learned. We pray that the surgery goes smoothly tomorrow and every ounce of the infection is gone. Pray for Macey to stay calm; she has been very anxious and nervous for this procedure. I know this is God's final work in her miracle. We are so thankful for Macey to even be with us today. God has given her so much, and I pray this is just one more testimony of His work.

Check the blog tomorrow for updates on the surgery. Thank you everyone for all your precious prayers. God Bless.

P.I.N.K

P.I.N.K- it's the acronym that my friends came up with when I was first in the hospital-standing for Prayers In Need for Kibbee. I could really use some prayers right now. Next week, I'll be undergoing my fourth head surgery- a cranioplasty to put in a prosthetic skull where mine is missing. This means after surgery, I won't have to wear a helmet anymore, which will be such a relief. The thing that scares me is..I already had this surgery back in January, and the skull they put in was infected. Although I have no doubts that my neurosurgeon will perform this surgery with ease, I do worry about getting an infection again. So I'm asking anyone who reads this, to please pray. For not only a smooth and successful surgery, but for a recovery with no complications or infections. The surgery is Thursday, July 1st. I'll have McKenzie let everyone know how it went after it's over. Thanks so much everyone..please help me show everyone God's amazing ways and what's possible through the power of prayer.