Today's Surgery

First, may I say that the airplane travel to Oakland is the way to go! Soon after we got settled into our cushy leather seats, I told David I thought we were flying kind of low. He said we were landing. It only took about 35 minutes! We felt like we were in very good hands with the Freys. It was so much nicer than driving. We had a Lincoln Continental waiting for us and no traffic, so we actually arrived at the hospital early.

My bili count was 10.1 before the surgery this morning. I went in to surgery at 11:00. I now have three drains instead of two, one on my right side and two on my left side. The new one on the left side is a little sore and cramping but the others feel good with no pain. These new drains have little holes on the inside to help them drain better. They will check these in the morning and see how they are working. If they are not draining very much by morning, they may go back in and make an adjustment. David was watching and thought the old drain was draining a lot, but we'll see what my bili count is tomorrow.

I arrived in my room at 1:50, after just 40 minutes in recovery, where I promptly went to sleep until 5:00. When I woke up I was hungry. They brought me some unidentifiable dinner, but David went out and found some pasta for me that was really good. The hospital brought me some Enlive juices that are 250 calories each that I am going to try to find at home. So now I just wait until 4:30 a.m.when they will come check my bili count.

We really want to thank everyone for fasting and praying for us. This surgery went as well or better than the doctors hoped. David especially feels that one direct blessing from the fasting was that the recovery was not as long or painful as we expected. Thank you so much for helping us through this ordeal and supporting us with your love, fasting, and prayers.