A New Life

Surgery Day

We all woke up early this morning. Cheyenne's surgery is scheduled for 10:00. There's no way she'll be able to see the boys before then. So, I texted Jordan and Kris. They put together a little video of them and the boys saying they loved her and stuff.

"Aww! I can't wait to see them again. I miss them," Cheyenne says. "I know you do baby," I reply. "Daddy, Mama? What if something goes wrong in the surgery? Isn't taking out a tumor risky?" I squat down on the other side of the bed. "Baby, everything's gonna be just fine. Don't you worry about anything. "Just pray about everything," she sings. "That's right baby girl. You have nothing to worry about," I say kissing her forehead.

"Thanks Daddy, love you," she says. I look at my beautiful daughter,"love you."

We all sit in silence for a little while. I manage to snuggle myself up into the bed with both of my girls, and we turn on the TV. We decide to watch "The Dukes Of Hazzard", another one of Cheyenne's favorite shows, on CMT. After a couple of episodes, the nurse makes an appearance. "Good morning! How's our patient?" "I'm good," Cheyenne states firmly. "Good! Well were gonna wheel ya into surgery in about 30 minutes. So feel free to do whatcha need to before we hit the surgery room," she says exiting in the room.

CHEYENNE'S POV

I'm going into surgery in 30 minutes. It's all becoming reality now. I have a tumor, and I need surgery. I'm gonna have to leave Mama and Daddy to go to the surgery room. The thought of leaving them scares me. I already left them once. I left them heartbroken while I was bleeding to the death, and my heart was failing me. "It's getting that time Baby girl," Mama says. "Mama, do I have to leave to do this? I left you and Daddy once, heartbroken. I left you. I don't want to leave you again. What if I don't make it out? Anything can happen. It only takes one accident to kill me," I say crying. Daddy pulls me into a big hug. "You're right, and it only takes one prayer to keep you alive. You best believe your Mama and I gonna be praying the entire time you're in surgery. You're gonna be ok baby. You just need to calm yourself down," he says. I nod in agreement.

We continue to watch TV until the nurse comes in and a couple of other people. They're ready to wheel me into the operating room. Oh God, I don't want to. I really don't want to.

LUKE'S POV

There's a group of people that have come in to wheel my daughter into surgery. I'm not ready for this. I can't let her go, not alone. She shouldn't have to do this. God, why couldn't you have gave me the tumor instead of my beautiful angel?

CAROLINE'S POV

They're ready to take her in to the operating room. Gah, I've been dreading this since the moment my girl woke up. I just wanna go home, and go back to our normal life.

CHEYENNE'S POV

The nurse comes in, and asks me to sit up. She gives me a hair net to put over my hair, I guess to keep it out of their way. I put it on, and I'm then instructed to roll onto the stretcher/rolling bed. "Ok Cheyenne, say you're goodbyes and lets roll." I see the tears in my parent's eyes. Daddy comes over first. "I love you more than life baby girl," he says giving me a kiss. "We love you, and were gonna be waiting for you to come out," Mama says while holding my hand. I smile back at them, blinking my own tears away. I can't let the fear get to me. I see them back up, and the hospital staff moves me forward. Lets get this over with.