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Hi All - this is Shari's husband giving you an update on Shari's big day yesterday. First of all she is doing great!!!
Surgery ended up being 5 1/2 hours which is a couple hours longer than they thought it might be. Doctors indicated she was a bit stiffer than anticipated thus took longer to straighten her. Even with this complication they still feel reel good about overall success of surgery as they believe they have reduced her degrees to under 25 so big improvement over the 62. (Won't know exact degrees until they xray.) Also were able to reduce the rib hump and her shoulder blade wing
She also had a bit more blood loss than anticipated as she lost 4 units but she is bouncing back from that nicely as all blood work since surgery is showing great recovery. She stated there was pain but not nearly to the degree she had prepared her self for. They have had her up in a chair a couple of times and are getting ready for a short walk here real soon. They did keep her in ICU over night just to monitor but all vitals have been stable and as I indicated blook work has been good so we are moving to a "regular floor" room yet today.
She asked me to say hi to all of you!! We both thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your many prayers, kind words and genuine caring - it was so helpful sustaining us through the nervous moments. As many of you know Shari stated she would chat with you on the flip side - well she is now successfully on the flip side and doing great and plans on posting something real soon. I know, while Miss Impatience would like to be leaping tall buildings tomorrow, even with this recovery period she is also quite happy she chose this step and is looking forward to her first new clothes shopping trip to buy what ever she wants to wear!!!!!!!! Fun for her and even though I know it will cost me I still am very excited for her!!
Surgery ended up being 5 1/2 hours which is a couple hours longer than they thought it might be. Doctors indicated she was a bit stiffer than anticipated thus took longer to straighten her. Even with this complication they still feel reel good about overall success of surgery as they believe they have reduced her degrees to under 25 so big improvement over the 62. (Won't know exact degrees until they xray.) Also were able to reduce the rib hump and her shoulder blade wing
She also had a bit more blood loss than anticipated as she lost 4 units but she is bouncing back from that nicely as all blood work since surgery is showing great recovery. She stated there was pain but not nearly to the degree she had prepared her self for. They have had her up in a chair a couple of times and are getting ready for a short walk here real soon. They did keep her in ICU over night just to monitor but all vitals have been stable and as I indicated blook work has been good so we are moving to a "regular floor" room yet today.
She asked me to say hi to all of you!! We both thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your many prayers, kind words and genuine caring - it was so helpful sustaining us through the nervous moments. As many of you know Shari stated she would chat with you on the flip side - well she is now successfully on the flip side and doing great and plans on posting something real soon. I know, while Miss Impatience would like to be leaping tall buildings tomorrow, even with this recovery period she is also quite happy she chose this step and is looking forward to her first new clothes shopping trip to buy what ever she wants to wear!!!!!!!! Fun for her and even though I know it will cost me I still am very excited for her!!
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