Day of Surgery

Hi All,
We arrived at BWH at 10am and walked around the gift shop for awhile since we were early. At 10:15 we went to admitting. WHile we were waiting a nice lady named Marty came with a gift for Ma. Marty was a 20 year breast cancer surviver. SHe gave Ma a nice gift bag of things she'll need post-surgery. It was very sweet and all of the loot was donated with funds raised from the various breast cancer walks. Jean and I went with her to the pre-op holding area. The nurses were very nice. Ma got nauseaous after the iv was put in. But after a cold facecloth, and lying flat she started to feel better. Her blood pressure dropped pretty quickly after the iv which I guess is a common occurance. We had a long talk with the Anesthesiaologist since the last surgery was traumatizing for Ma. Both surgeons came by and signed their name on the side they were working on. The nice anesthesia resident gave her some happy drugs and she was good to go. He was nice and kinda "surfer dude"-like. But we had "the chat" with him too about the anesthesia nightmare last time. We left her at 1pm. She's in great hands. We made sure both surgeons got a good night sleep, had no fights with their wife, and weren't hung over. Ma was still making jokes the whole time. ..Jenn and Jean