Surgery day. My rumbly tumbly and I have hours to go...So glad we pre-ordered Star Trek into Darkness (3D). "Cuzz Katie, Life will be grand when you're healed..." "I am hoping the anxiety of surgery is the worst part. You will be feeling better soon!!" "Praying for success." "Love, hugs & prayers Katie!!" "Ok Katie update. Just went in to surgury about 3:15. She will do well, and healing will go well. Please keep the prayers coming. thanks for your support. Mike and I are here waiting @[The Hospital]." "Katie is still in the O.R., getting close to the end of the window they told us to expect her to be out. Will update when she is in recovery." "Longest day ever!! Finally, Katie out of surgery" "The doc says it was one of the most unusual spinal systems he has ever seen (this is not the same guy that put it in), the universal hardware bits wouldn't work with this hardware at all and he had to drill some of them to get a grip. Apparently it made a lot more work for him. Two of the top bolts and four of the bottom ones were grossly loose and were "windshield wiper-ing" her soft tissue every time she bent." "They say she is "closing" now - they are closing her up - its a very big incision to close." "She is in recovery now" "Wow. Well I'm glad she is in recovery!!!" "Whoa" "She is in a room set for the night, at [The Hospital]. I will go back in am and take care of her. It was hard leaving. Her biggest complaint was, where the screws were rubbing, all those spots hurt bad. Ya think? OMG! Poor thing" "OMG I am glad that all that is fixed now. That had to be horrible. I bet she will be much better after recovery" "Katie! I'm so glad you are so damn strong! Love ya much ! Your distant Cuz!! Everybody up north has ya in our thoughts! Muah!!" "Aww! Glad that's over with!!" "I can guarantee that for Katie, the worst part was telling them about the pain, and them not believing her... telling her nothing is wrong...I have broken screws in my neck hardware too, but luckily mine isn't moving around.. I laughed the day the doc asked me.. "how did you break the screws?" Like I had something to do with it..." "Speedy recovery Katie, thoughts and prayers are with you" "Katie you are in my thoughts and prayers! I hope this surgery makes life one step easier!" "Glad she's on her way to healing...I bet she'll feel so much better with all that cleaned up!" "Poor little Katie. She surely has been through a lot"
"Katie has been up in a chair for two hours, then they walked her to the door. Progress! Resting now. Thanks for all your support." "Yea progress!! you can do it Katie!" "Yeah!!!!!!" "Katie is better every day. Dressing change today." "They let her keep the stuff they took out of her back?? I hope she is still recovering quite nicely, also"
I'm home! "YAYY!" "Hope you are healing up okay!" Expecting the home health nurse (change the tape!!) this morning and company this afternoon. Not such a bad one week post op. "Someone is amazing, and her name is..Katie" "Glad you are doing better!!" "You are a woman/mom/wife who doesn't like to waste time! Glad to see you forging ahead so remarkably! You don't need no stinkin' Iron Man hardware - you are already a super heroine in your own right!" "Glad to hear you are doing well.... continued prayers heading your way..." Thanks for the bagels and the visit Diana "You're welcome! Good to see you. Sometimes you don't realize how much you have missed someone until you see them... sniff, sniff." Glad you are doing better my friend!!!
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