Doing my best to give these kids a trip !

I got the call this morning that Michael's surgery is scheduled for August twenty fourth at five forty five AM. His cast should come off the other foot on August twenty first at five o'clock PM . So I figure that we will leave for Kings Island ( a eight hour drive) at two or three AM on August twenty second. Get there at about the time that the park opens. Spend all day in the park. Stay the night at a local hotel. Then head home on the twenty third, just in time to sleep a couple hours before Michael is due at the surgical center on the twenty fourth. Sounds rushed but due to Michael being in a cast most of the summer as well as a host of other little things that have cropped up along the way, it is our only chance to get there before it closes for the season without Michael having a cast on which prevents him from riding most of the rides not to mention the water park. Since this plan has been conjured up in my mind , it has already been threatened twice in just two hours. The next phone call that I got was from Cindy's doctor's office who had to cancel her appointment later this week and wanted to reschedule on the twenty third. Since if the Delphi tentative agreement passes this weekend,, we will loose our good insurance October first, I was between the proverbial rock and hard place on what to do. I pleaded for another appointment before October but all seems booked I was told. I told the girl that I would call back and hung up almost in tears. Luckily another opening was found and I was called with the good news. I breathed a sigh of relief only to realize that I needed to make a couple more appointments and that doing things this way will eat most of Mike's vacation time leaving no room for even emergencies. What to do? Normally I would not even think of a trip , even this small of one, under these conditions but it has been such a stressful summer with doctor appointments, two of three kids having surgeries , and a whole host of other road blocks, that I will not bore you with. Plus we hold the tickets so this park visit would not cost us anything besides gas and one night in a hotel . Will this trip actually happen? Only the Lord knows for sure , but if it doesn't nobody can blame me.