Thank you!

I don't think her recovery is going to be as bad as I thought it would be. I talked with her tonight and she sounds really good. Of course, she'll need help for the first week or two because she's limited by the doctor, but I think she'll be able to do more than I thought she would be.

It was so precious, she was in the bed still in and out of the anesthesia and could focus on nothing but holding her boy. I got him to sleep and laid him on her, and though she couldn't stay awake herself she kept patting him through nodding off. Of course, I had to stay right there to keep him and her both safe, and to keep him from grabbing hold of her IV tube or the drainage tube in her neck.

She's such a good mommy and now she'll be able to be the mommy she's not been able to be and feared she'd never be...take him to park, tickle and run and play, etc. Her biggest fear was that she would never be able to do any of those things as he started getting older. Now she can.

She's thrilled it's over and excited about moving forward more healthily. She has ALOT of hope for the first time in a year.

I'm starting to have some too.

KD