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So... Mom insisted that I post on here how she is doing. She was only in surgery for 3 hours (they had predicted 3-5 so only 3 was good). We finally got to see her around 7p (cst) tonight. She was really, really sleepy but they had something stuck behind her ear so she wouldn't feel any nausea - and she said it seemed to be working well. Of course she was in a little pain, but over all she looked much better than when she came out of ANY of her previous surgeries. So I'm sure she will be able to rest comfortably tonight. In fact she was doing so well she had time to worry that my Dad would not take proper care of thier dog, Dante. Obviously if that is what is on her mind, she is doing well. I expect that she will be feeling up to some typing... or at least reading, by the weekend, Monday at the latest probably.

Anyway, she just didn't wany any of you worrying.
Blessings to all
-Valarie

thank you valerie! and thank you for talking to me today!!!

Thank you so much for posting this information, Valarie! I'm so glad to hear that the surgery was shorter than expected, and that your mom is doing well. I've heard of the patch behind the ear - glad it's working for her.

Of course we were all thinking of her - and thank you both for not wanting us to worry. Though we are concerned of course!

Please give your mom my best wishes for a very speedy recovery!

Thank you for letting us know that all went well!! I hope she recovers quickly! Will continue to pray!!

Thanks for the news, praying she has an easy recovery and this will end all her problems now.... glad it went so well..... and welcome too to you....
Nana

Thank you, Balerie!

I'm just checking in here late tonight to see if there were any updates yet. It is such good news you gave us, too.

All prayers, always.


Merme

Thank you for the update Valarie. I am so happy to hear everything went well.

Now we'll pray for a speedy recovery and that this is the final fix for her, miss you Carol

Valarie~ Thanks so much for posting for Carol She is in my thoughts and continued prayers she has a quick recovery and this is that last of these surgeries for her ,, Bless her heart she was worried about Dante' :ding:

Thank you so much for letting us know Valarie! I too hope that this is the last of the surgeries. She's went thru too much. Always prayers for Carol.

Praying you're doing o.k. Carol

........thinking about you.

praying that carol heals as well as the surgery went

Praying here as well...

Thanks everyone!
I visited mom today and she looked well. This hospital is actually careing for her (unlinke the small town hosp. she was at the last 3 times). They are taking special care to keep her from feeling any nausea and from allowing her pain to become very bad.

All in all she is doing well.
I told her of all your well wishes and prayers and she was happy and thankful.

-Valarie

I'm soooooo glad to hear this hospital is more concerned with comfort for the patient,, Bless you for keeping us informed,, . Send her our love and prayers!

Thanks so much for updating us on your mom's condition, Valarie!
I am so glad that they are taking good care of her, and are keeping her as comfortable as possible. Can't wait to hear that she is well enough to go home.

Thanks for the update...praying they keep her in a bit longer as well. One day isn't enough for such an extreme surgery.

O.k. now I'm getting worried...I need an update on Carol

Praying all is well.

I was thinking the same thing when I woke up today, Tamara!

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Valarie!!! How is your mom doing?!?

i'll give valerie a call later today, look for my post this evening.

Thanks Jiffy I should have asked for her phone number.

UPDATE FROM JIFFY!

Hi everyone ~

Jiffy called me just a few minutes ago to ask if I'd post this for you all. She just spoke with Carol Jean but isn't where she can post herself.

Carol is healing well, but much more slowly than anticipated and she is still in the hospital. She thinks that when she returns home it will be some time before she'll be up for sitting in her computer chair but looks forward to chatting via the phone with those of you who call.

I'm sure she'll be glad if we keep going with all our prayers, always.


Merme

Thanks for the update, now I just need someone to p.m. me her phone number.

thank you merme.

tamara, i called carol jean's daughter valerie, on valerie's cell phone, worked out great as she was visiting carol jean and just passed the phone over

Still thinking and praying for you Carol I miss our chats.

Carol. ....

Carol... I'm hoping that you are home and resting well by now.

Still saying lots of prayers for you Carol! I hope you are on the road to recovery!!

Praying for Carol still and missing her on here.

hi eveeryone. I am home--got home monday night. I am in so much pain I cannot stand it. I was taking percocet. all it did was make me breath fast adn sweat like a stuck hog. I am now taking some old hydrocodone I had. it does not work any better but at least i do not sweat so much or breath so fast. (home healt nurse called my dr. but as far as I know they have not bothered to get back to me/her yet).


I cannot get on the computer unless I stand here and bend over (I should not really be doing that, but it does help that DH put my keyboard up on the top of my desk.--

I do not think I will be on very much at all for quite awhile. I do not go see the dr nutil the first part of October---but at one time he said it would be 6 weeks or so before I was healed.

Love you all------- :ding:

Miss you much!!!!

Carol it's good to see you posting,, but if it causes discomfort to sit or bend over,, Please just heal first,,
I'm sorry you're in such pain I hope they can quickly change your meds so you can be in less pain with out scarey side effects. take your time coming here,, we'll be here with bells on praying for your recovery, we miss and love you too !

:ding: you too Carol!

PLEASE let yourself get better before you push yourself to get on here. We don't want you in pain....but of course we miss you tons and tons.

Maybe you should steal someones laptop so you can be laying down and be online?

Sorry to hear you are in so much pain Carol! I sure hope they get your pain meds figured out!!

It is nice to see you on here because we miss you but don't want you to cause yourself more pain to do so. We are thinking of you and will be here when you feel well enough to stay a while!

(hey loz... did you just offer to send Carol your laptop??? guess not... )

Carol
- it was so good to see that you had posted this morning, but I'm so sorry that you are in so much pain. It's not what we asked for, you know? Hopefully you will hear back from the dr. soon, and you can start to feel more like yourself and this will all be an distant, unpleasant memory.

Dear all,

Just read all your posts (this is a watched topic for me so my cell phone just vibrated about 15 times this morning ;)

I talked to mom who said that because posting hadn't agreed with her, she has not been back on. I read her the notes all of you left after her post and she was very glad to hear all of your well wishes and prayers.

Also between Emily and I, I believe there is a free laptop (or could be one freed up anyway) so hopefully we'll be able to hook mom up with one since she does have wireless internet anyway. She needs to be sitting up, so perhaps a tv tray or breakfast-in-bed tray would be appropriate for her.

Finally, she said that the occupational therapist came today and is teaching her new ways to do every-day activities differently so that she does not pull on her stomach muscles. That should be a great help in keeping her away from the hospital.

My Grandmother is staying with Mom during the day so that Dad can be at work, so she is doing fine and will hopefully be posting much just as soon as we can get her a laptop set up.

Blessings to all
Valaire

PS. If you'd like to call her PM me and I'll send you her phone #. I read above that some of you have passed it around. That is fine too. She isn't doing anything anyway and would apparently enjoy phone calls. :)

I finally got in after days of trying(I hate my computer)...and am so glad to see Carol is back. Now I'll wait patiently for her to heal so she can chat with me everyday..

Carol, I missed you.

Cindy--Bless you dear---I tell you what---how about if you do as you tell ME to do---then we all 3 can get better and be back on here recovered and as happy and as sassy as ever.

** Personally I think you, me & tamara should get to be in a rehab center together----we could just sit and visit & let everyone else wait on us until we got better.**

YOU take very good care of you--and call me any time.--Lord knows I am here and during the day am rarely asleep.--Besides, calls from my friends are never an intrusion.

Tamara: Bless you and I am so sorry about your computer.

Emily & Chris came over this morning to bring me a laptop that they wanted to loan me for the forseeable future.- Well they had no battery source nor some software or another with them--so the laptop will come another day.--
The good news is it IS coming.

I miss you too tamara--I am glad to hear it was the computer and not you that was the problem.

This recovery will be a long one but hopefully it will be THE one.---although I do worry about the long term restrictions--I will hope if they're are any they are few, and minor.

to everyone

carol jean, it is good to see you post, although i know the effort it takes you please take care... we need you here!

thanks Jiffy

Gee, Don't I have some wonderful girls???


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Gee, Don't I have some wonderful girls??? :ding:

Valarie, Bless you dear,
I SOOOOOO appreciate all you have and are doing for me.