Jan. 8: Surgery Update

Hey blog followers. I'm Victor, Jen's husband. I'll be filling in, at least for a little while. If you follow this blog, you know that Jen had surgery today. She'll be able to give a more compete version soon, this will be more of a summary.

We checked in at the hospital around 9:30 this morning. The surgery wasn't scheduled till 11:30. I was able to stay with her up to that point. This was a fairly quick procedure. It was less than an hour when they told me the surgery was done. (She still had to stay in recovery for another hour.) The surgeon told me that things went well. They removed whatever it was that was causing the lump and pain. We still don't know what it is. It'll take at least a day or more for the lab to run its tests.

They called me after Jen was taken back to her room. It seemed like her pain wasn't too bad, although that may have been due to the pain meds. We stayed at the hospital till almost 4 pm. Right now Jen is resting up in our room. We'll have a follow up with the surgeon next week.

I'm grateful to all the folks who took care of Jen today. Everyone in the Short Stay unit, Admitting, and Surgery.

Special thanks to Jen's friend Margaret, a nurse in the OR. To our neighbor Dawn, who made us some of her wonderful Mac & Cheese. And to my folks who are watching our kids this afternoon and evening.

Take care.

Vic