Feeling Groovy

Shelly here. Marcee's sister.  It is nearly 5 pm, post surgery, and Marcee is doing great.

I left Marcee this morning about 7:30 am as she was wheeled into surgery.  Around noonish today I got a call from the surgeon (the cute one) to tell me that surgery went well.  I was told that it would be about three hours after surgery when Marcee would be taken to her room and I could then join her again.  Surprisingly the call came to me just a little over two hours later.  Good sign, and I knew she was doing well.

It took me a few minutes to walk from my office to the hospital and find Marcee in her very nice, end of the hall, private room with a view of the Cascades.  Happy moment!  Marcee was very alert and looked great.

I've been hanging out with her the last few hours and at times she dozes.  Chicken soup and coffee ordered and first pangs of hunger.

The cute doctor stopped by just for a few minutes and again said the surgery went very well.

Marcee has 4 tasks listed on her "Plan for the Day" board:  1.  Pain control  2.  IS 10 - 15x/hour (a funny breathing thingy to encourage Marcee to expand her lungs) 3. Advance diet (good news!)  and 4.  Dangle (love this term - they'll have Marcee dangle off the side of the bed or maybe even stand later this evening).

Happy day!  Oh, the "feeling groovy" part is the way Marcee described herself.  Must be the drugs.