Updates...

So, I am finally home....and completely exhausted! I have been up since 3:10am! My mom went into surgery prep at around 6am, and went into surgery at 7:30. She was done and in recovery by around 10 am. She stayed in recovery for about 2 hours, when we were told she would be moved into her room in about 10 minutes. So we hauled her things to her room. And waited...waited...and waited. The surgeon said that mom's surgery went really well! So this made me a little nervous. Then we nominated my grandma to go ask where mom was, and that's when they told us they had moved her room to an observation room. This normally wouldn't freak me out, besides the fact that a scary sick looking older woman would be sharing the room with my mom. The door had scary messages on it, like fall risk & aspiration risk. Needless to say, when I learned my sweet mother would be occupying this room, that is a wall of windows directly in front of the nurses station, I got worried. And then we waited....and waited....I really started to get panicky. Maybe it was a mix of being hungry, tired, missing Abby & worrying about my mom...but I was moments away from being hysterical and grabbing a nurse by her throat and asking her where my mommy was?? So I took my sweet and calm daddy (who I am just alike, so I know he was feeling the same as I) to get a drink and crackers. So we stood by the vending machine and drank our drinks and shared a pack of crackers. Then we walked back up to her room, and saw the gurney outside...my mother had FINALLY made it to her room. She looked great, and was still sleepy from anestesia. But she squeezed my hand and spoke to me. I then learned she was doing great, they just wanted to observe her tonight since she has sleep apnea. Tommorow they will move her to a private room. I just got an update from my dad - my mom has sat up for about an hour and has gotten up to go potty 3 times. The nurses are planning on getting her up and walking tonight. She isn't in much pain, and I pray that continues. She only has 7 holes where the surgery was don lyphoscopically. I hope she has a good night tonight, and gets her rest. Again, can I tell you how proud of her I AM!!

Abby did great for her daddy & Mimi. She only got up 2 times. When I got home today, I cannot tell you how happy it made me to be home. I didn't even grab Abby right when I walked in...the emotion of the day led me to tears. I still feel like I could have a good cry, but there is more time for that later :-) Abby cried when I picked her up - they tell me she didn't fuss all day. So Abs & I went back into her room and I began nursing her. I cannot tell you how reliving this was...for her & I.

Anyways, I will update more on my momma tommorow. I am sooooo tuckered out!

Nite nite!!