Re: (CA) Surgery Update #2

[Guest guest]

Hi...

has been in the ICU since surgery, but I spoke to a nurse this

morning and she said that they hope to transfer to a regular room

sometime today. The actually offered to transfer me into the room,

but I didn't want to disturb her.

Before he returned home, 's husband told me that Dr. Hu was very

happy with the strength in 's right leg.

Since I can't spend a lot of time at the hospital over the next week,

I've lined up 16 volunteers from my support group who will spend

several hours at a time sitting with . It's not full coverage,

but hopefully it will help a little.

I think is very brave to be going through all this on her own.

Some day, I hope you can all meet her. She doesn't post all that

much, but she's got a pretty interesting story. I've really enjoyed

getting to know her a little. What I like about her most is that she

just has a great attitude. Despite the fact that she has a lot of

back pain, and has a severe neurologic deficit in her left leg, she

gets through each day with a smile and doesn't seem to spend any time

feeling sorry for herself. She's definitely a " glass half full "

person. :-)

Regards,

>

> Hi...

>

> I just got a call from 's husband saying that 's surgery was

> completed and was recovering in ICU. Dr. Hu told Bob that she

> got about 90-95% of the correction she was hoping for. 's blood

> loss was starting to mount and she felt the remaining correction

> wasn't worth the increased risk. If feels the correction isn't

> good enough, Dr. Hu is willing to take her back to surgery at a later

> date (something they talked about yesterday). Bob also said that Dr.

> Hu thought might have some numbness in her right thigh because of

> a nerve issue she encountered.

>

> I'll update the list as more information becomes available. 's

> husband and sister-in-law are in SF until mid-day tomorrow. After

> that, I've signed up a bunch of volunteers to take shifts. So,

> hopefully won't have to fend for herself too much.

>

> To send a message to :

>

> https://www.ucsfhealth.org/adult/contact/patient.html

>

> Regards,

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you all for your sweet comments, but it's really the volunteers

who deserve the credit, although I think many of them are feeling

really good about doing something for someone they never even met. :-)

>

> God love you, ! I've never even heard of anyone setting up " 16

> friends " to sit at a stranger's bedside, never mind a friend's! I

have had so many

> surgeries, often ten hours of surgery, and have told my husband

that, no

> matter what our circumstances are, if there is a next time, I want

a private

> nurse for the first two or three days!

>

> You certainly have earned many, many graces!

>

> Sincerely,

>

> Carole M.

>