Dorothy is doing great; thank you, God!

The picture on the blog is Grace, always ready to pose! We stopped to see the Oglesbys today on our way home from Dorothy’s surgery. That was a great way to top off a good day!

Dorothy did very well in her surgery. They did whatever they do to ruptured discs and removed a spur. I don’t know what all that means; I’ve got to do some research. But, she’s feeling less deep pain already. She came back after the recovery room very alert. The doctor said there was more repair to do than he expected and he wants her to stay in the hospital until Friday or Saturday. Since she was staying that long we decided to come on home instead of spend the night. We thought she might come home tomorrow and we might be able to help with that transport. Since they’re staying that long, we came on home.

There was quite an entourage at the hospital. Two of Dorothy’s sisters and their husbands, David’s daughter and son-in-law, Dorothy’s grandson and his wife, three of us couples from church and an elder from Dorothy’s sister’s church were all in the waiting room when the doctor came out to report. I think that is 15 besides David. There were all great people and we had a good time visiting while we waited. She was in surgery for about 2 ½ hours. On our way home we were stopped to eat dinner and she called us! I think that’s a pretty quick recovery. She’ll be coming around more and more over the next week or so as she is able to not have so much pain medicine. I imagine she’ll have some for a while due to the surgery, but the deep pain is relieved, she said. (That might be because of the pain meds from surgery, though.) I know we were all thrilled that she was talking, moving, and alive, so she beat the odds of the bad stuff happening. We thank God for her a successful surgery and for giving us all safe travels up there and back home!

We have an extra day to get ready for our trip to Tennessee since we came home tonight, so that won’t hurt us any. It was sure good to see Trish and Rob and the kids. We’re all excited about leaving for Tennessee on Friday!