"What a day"

Joni and I were up at 4:00 AM to be at the hospital by 5:30. They did some basic prep and rolled her into surgery at 7:00 AM. We were told that the operation would take between four and six hours. At 11:15 the two surgeons came out and told me that the operations was a success and they both felt very good about it. They track the nerves as they operate on her and their comment was that they electronically showed great response when they were done.

In recovery I was able to sit with her and some of the family stopped in to see her. She was slow to come out of the fog that the anesthesia puts you in, but slowly she came out out of it throughout the evening. This made her sick to her stomach, but as it left her system she slowly got better. Keeping her eyes closed and the lights off help as she is sensitive to everything around her. This is considered very normal with her kind of surgery.

We consider the day a big success. We knew all along that this was going to hard and it was for all kinds of different reasons. On the same hand we received the outcome we were hoping for. One of the fears with this surgery is that the facial nerve can be damaged during the operation causing paralysis. At this point all looks good on this front.

Its been a long day and I am going to bed.

Thanks to all of you for your love and support.

Clay