Day before Surgery

Well we arrived in North Carolina yesterday and we got moved into our extended stay hotel, ate dinner bought a few groceries and watched tv.

We were at the hospital today for 4 1/2 hours for our pre-op appointments. Not much to report but everyone thinks mom is in great shape other than her back and looks much younger than her age...I am not going to tell you her age. We had a few laughs today and mom is getting some rest. We have to be at the hospital at 5:30 AM tomorrow...short night. Surgery is suppose to start at 7:30, so the doctor gets to sleep in a little bit. (Surgery will be a minimum of 300 minutes) Mom has the two best Doctors doing her surgery tomorrow...a nurse told us that Dr. Friedman was the doctor who operated on Ted Kennedy. Dr. Friedman is a neuro surgeon and Dr. Richardson is the orthopedic doctor. We are encouraged by how the day has gone and the positive feedback from everyone. Mom will be in a step down unit for a few days with a higher level of care. She will probably be taking her first steps on Friday sometime. A lot of pain is to be expected at the surgery sites, an incision on her left side and a large incision on her back. I will update her surgery results tomorrow night. Please pray for us!