May 10 Surgery

May Tenth

Up at 4.
Dr. Pfaff arrives to pick us up at %. a little late
Check into Providence Hospital at 5.30
Surgery at 7.35

a mixture of prayerful, anxious and unbridled sisterhood, which felf good and irreverent at the same time.

Surgery took 10 hours. It was expected to take 8.5Dr. Pfaff sat with me for the first three hours.

Anna arrived on a wing and a prayer at nine sharp! She carried a blanket, and pillow, three videos including the new Hobbitt, a box of colored pencils, a coloring book or two, (flowers) and a ton of food. Turkey, kalamata olives, hummus with pine nuts, , cutie pies and gorp, to name a few. It was a Loving Feast!

We received the first update at 10. "surgery is going great!"

Fran arrived at 12.15
Let the 'vigil' begin. . . .

Went went to the lunchroom 1.