Thank you for all the well wishes yesterday! We received many notes of encouragement and it was very much appreciated. Val’s surgery wasn’t scheduled until 4:30pm with an arrival time of 2:30pm. Our morning was spent getting a few things ready around the house and then just waiting. The waiting got a little old ….. About noon the hospital called and said they were running several hours ahead of schedule and could we come down right now. It brought back memories of when I was taking Val in during labor! We made it in about 12:30pm and they whisked us the check-in process. The hospital can actually move pretty quickly when they want to!
She made it into surgery about 3pm and things went very well. The doctor came out and saw me me about 6:30pm to let me know that Val was doing very well and that she was responding well in recovery. Then we waited and waited a little more because there was “no room in the Inn”. She finally got settled into her room about 9:30pm. Overall the doctor was happy with what he saw (or didn’t see actually) and we eagerly wait for the pathology results to come back in the next few days.
As many of you know my wife is one of the toughest people on the planet! When the medical folks ask her what her pain level is and she answers 4, I think it really must be about 8 for me. She is able to rest comfortably with the help of some pain meds and looks beautiful to me! The main goals for today are to get her into a standing position and also maybe sit in a chair.
Thank you again for all the well wishes and prayers! We have a great community of folks supporting us and are very appreciative! When I get some more meaningful material, I will update everyone again.
Marc
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