Whew!!! That part is over........

Well, this is Cynthia - Cherri's sister. Today was surgery day. I am sure Cherri will go into greater detail later.....but.....here is a recap of today's events:

9:45 am - arrived at hospital - did pre-op stuff
10:05 am - sent to waiting room
11:15 am - taken back for surgery (with a quick "potty" break on the way)
3:45 pm - surgery was complete
4:30 pm - sent to hospital room

It was the coolest thing - Cherri was assigned a "number" so the family members could keep track of her progress. There was a screen out in the waiting area that showed all the numbers and the numbers were highlighted to reflect what stage the patient was in.........pink for "in OR" blue for "surgery complete" and so on...........very nifty!

Ok - so much for the short version of the story............yes, this is Cynthia...........anyway, apparently she did great...........in true Cherri form - however she did have a slight complication. The surgeon said this was his 206th surgery and this one was the most difficult yet! While putting in the electrode.........she began leaking spinal fluid..........nice. So, the doctor had to get that under control and stopped. Then back to the implanting of the electrode - he had to do this twice - the first time it wouldn't "register" so he had to remove it and re-insert............it worked the second time! The surgeon came into her room late this evening and he seemed very pleased with the outcome......she should get to come home tomorrow!!! I am sure she will post soon!

Thanks to everyone for their prayers! Please keep them coming - we won't know how the implant actually is working until it's "hooked up" in early April! Just pray for quick healing and no more complications!! The Good Lord knows she needs all that fluid inside her body around her brain........not OUTSIDE of the body!

Oh yeah, when mom and I got to the hospital this morning and saw Cherri - she had a little note written in ink on her skin under her right ear............YES. (picture to follow)