To the hospital. Tonight Ana started experiencing very painful shoulder pain that was making it painful to breathe, so her surgeon advised her to come into the ER to get checked out. They’ve done EKGs, xrays, and the like and everything looks ok. It sounds like the best guess is the gas they put in [...]
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She’s Out
March 24th, 2008 · 6 Comments · General
She’s recovery now, surgery went well. Can’t wait to get in and see her!
Surgery Update
March 24th, 2008 · 3 Comments · General
Just got a phone call from surgery, Ana is stable and doing well and the surgeon has started working on her (roughly 25 minutes ago).
On a side note, there’s gotta be a better way to notify me of updates. The waiting room librarian walking over and saying she’s going to forward a call to me, [...]
The Wait Begins
March 24th, 2008 · 3 Comments · General
Well she’s in surgery now. In roughly 2 hours that evil spleen will be no more!
Pre-surgery Platelets
March 24th, 2008 · Comments Off · General
184,000, IV getting started and the surgeon is en-route.
Checked In
March 24th, 2008 · Comments Off · General
Hi everyone -
Ana is all checked in here at St. John’s Hospital. The splenectomy is scheduled for 3pm so we’re waiting in a little hallway with curtains called pre-aenestesia.
It’s 10:30pm… FIRE UP THE GRILL!
March 23rd, 2008 · Comments Off · General
Since Ana has surgery tomorrow at 3pm and they told her that she can’t eat anything after midnight, the only logical thing to do is to have a feast around 11pm the night before!
So, Jay and Katherine are here and we’re getting ready to throw some steak and chicken on the grill.
This is our Easter dinner, [...]

