Tomorrow afternoon John is heading to Houston to start six months of away rotations. The first rotation is the most important (to John at least) Pediatric Surgery in Houston. Last December, he came home after his first day with the local Pediatric Surgery here and told me he had changed his mind from Transplant to Pediatric Surgery. I had been praying about his decision for months and knew he was making the right choice. John is an amazing surgeon. He can do some much good for young children. He can walk into the OR and not see the child there but a patient that needs an operation. When he tells me about his young patients I find myself so upset for their parents. He just smiles and says “Babe, you can’t think that way”. We made a deal that he won’t tell me about the really sad ones. I tend to wear emotions for the child and their family’s. He is going to have a blast over the next two months. Long hours, yes but John loves being in OR helping children. In December we will go to San Antonio for him to due a Burn rotation, then we are off to Denver CO in January until April 1st! Good thing we love to travel!
Alana and I will stay here in El Paso for the next 2 weeks and then we will join him in Houston for a long weekend come home for four days and then off to Washington DC for me to ran the Marine Corps Marathon on October 26th! After, that we are going to join him in Houston for good, with a few trips planned over the next few months. Most of you know that I am running 2 marathons in 3 weeks! I know, I am crazy but hey… When your husband works close to a 100 hours a week a girl has to find something to do!!
In December we will find out if John has been released from the Army to apply for a Pediatric Surgery Fellowship. We have been told that the first few years of applying are a long shot, but there is always a chance. I have been praying for months about God’s plan for us for the coming year. So, much is happening applying for fellowship, away rotation, and in an about 14 months we will rank the city’s we want to move to after Residency. I can’t find peace in any of the places we could move. It puzzles me on why, we could pick Fort Hood and live close to family, (close meaning 3 hours away) but for some reason Fort Hood isn’t sitting right with me. I know we have 14 months to make this decision but the last four and half years have flown by and I know the next 14 months will also. OMG, we are the downhill side of residency! What a wonderful feeling, to think 19 months from now I will have dinner with my husband every night, he will be here on Saturday morning to watch Alana while I run. I long for that life, I know he will still be busy, he is a surgeon after all but nothing like it is now!
So, I ask that you keep us in your prayers of the next few months as we travel around Texas and then up to Denver as well as our future. I will keep everyone update on are happenings. I know there is BIG changes coming to the HORTON Household!
Alana and I will stay here in El Paso for the next 2 weeks and then we will join him in Houston for a long weekend come home for four days and then off to Washington DC for me to ran the Marine Corps Marathon on October 26th! After, that we are going to join him in Houston for good, with a few trips planned over the next few months. Most of you know that I am running 2 marathons in 3 weeks! I know, I am crazy but hey… When your husband works close to a 100 hours a week a girl has to find something to do!!
In December we will find out if John has been released from the Army to apply for a Pediatric Surgery Fellowship. We have been told that the first few years of applying are a long shot, but there is always a chance. I have been praying for months about God’s plan for us for the coming year. So, much is happening applying for fellowship, away rotation, and in an about 14 months we will rank the city’s we want to move to after Residency. I can’t find peace in any of the places we could move. It puzzles me on why, we could pick Fort Hood and live close to family, (close meaning 3 hours away) but for some reason Fort Hood isn’t sitting right with me. I know we have 14 months to make this decision but the last four and half years have flown by and I know the next 14 months will also. OMG, we are the downhill side of residency! What a wonderful feeling, to think 19 months from now I will have dinner with my husband every night, he will be here on Saturday morning to watch Alana while I run. I long for that life, I know he will still be busy, he is a surgeon after all but nothing like it is now!
So, I ask that you keep us in your prayers of the next few months as we travel around Texas and then up to Denver as well as our future. I will keep everyone update on are happenings. I know there is BIG changes coming to the HORTON Household!
We had a party for him on Monday he was born on Labor Day, so it's all the same. We had a great time celebrating it with close friends. We did have a family party for him last night, Alana baked his favorite cake. Since, we celebrated it couple of days early a girlfriend and I ran a German 5 mile Fun Run, and then we all went out to dinner. Here are some pictures from both parties. Alana loves cake!! she thought it was so cool to have two cakes for daddy!
