Mom's operation went great! So well, in fact, that Dr. Patel says she will probably go home Thursday. He'll examine her in the morning and give me a call.
Butch got the chance to say hello. We got a "head's up" call from the nurses that Mom would be transported from Kimball to Jersey Shore University Medical Center between 12:15 & 12:30 in the afternoon, so I asked Butch if he wanted to go for a ride. He's always up for that. We got to Kimball around 11:45 and had to stand around till about 1:15 but they finally wheeeled Mom out and he got to say "hi!"
The folks who were not in the know weren't quite sure what to make of it, having a dog around the entrance of the ER. And they just happened to have a county emergency drill going on at the same time so we made sure we didn't get in any one's way. For the most part Butch sat at my feet just watching. Security wasn't too happy with us, but then again, if it went smoothly we wouldn't need them now, would we? And a man who worked at the hospital came over telling me that he has a Pug also. And then he brought out a bed pan with water in it for Butch. At least, I think it was water. Must have been 'cause Butchy didn't complain.
Anne and Nancy found out we could use cell phones in Jersey Shore so after the operation we placed a couple of phone calls with my speaker phone. Mom talked with Kathy & John, John & Heidi, Mom's friend Dolores and Mom's sister Aunty Jenny. Later on I called Pat in Arizona and Ray in Michigan.
Dr. Patel found one of the blood vessels was 99% blocked so he opened that up and put a stint in there. There were a couple of more blockages, one @ 90% that is in a bad location and they will probably treat that with drugs and another at 80% blocked that they will have her come in in about six weeks to open up. They said there was too much stress on the heart and too much dye so it would be best to give everything some extra time to stabilize. I'll have her raking leaves by Saturday!
Anyway, thanks for all your prayers.
I'll write again when she gets back home.
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Way to go Mom! If no one tells you Larry, you did an awesome job. Its good to see that Anne, Kathy and Nancy came together and worked as a team with you to tackle the situation. Love you guys, Keep up the good work!
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