April 2nd

One day to go before the first surgery. Lynn wrapped up (or tried to) things at work. Might not be back for a few months...unless she sneaks in and does some under-the-radar programming out of sheer boredom. She was told the time for the procedure, and it ran into Carlee's doctor's appointment. We had thought that she would have to report to the hospital late afternoon. Well, they told her to come in at 9:30. So, she changed Carlee's appointment to later next week, and, of course, you know what happened... the doctor's office called and changed Lynn's time again. This time it was for 11:20am. Instead of changing Carlee's appointment back, we just decided to leave it where it was. No sense in rushing around right before she has to go in.

Right now, like I said, Lynn will go in at 11:20. They estimate the procedure will begin at 1:20. It is supposed to last an hour. Of course, I am sure it will run longer. I'll be taking the laptop in with me, and will catch up on the blog as soon as I can get time to write. The first part of it will be the trickiest - the surgeon will need to close off the bad section of the artery. But first, he has to provide a bypass for the section that will be worked on. Then, he has to close off the damaged section of artery, so he can work on it. The trouble is, he doesn't know how stable the blockage material is. It could be possible that parts of the plaque could break off, migrate into her brain, and then get lodged into place, blocking arteries providing blood flow to parts of her brain tissue. When that part of the brain is damaged by this, she will be having a stroke. Of course, this is not a good thing. However, the surgeon was obviously well aware of this situation, and mentioned that he was going to have to take a great deal of care handling the artery during that part of the operation. So, at least he knows what that he has to deal with it.

Lynn and I are going to run around taking care of chores after Mac heads off to school at 9am. Of course, she cannot eat ahead of time, so a meal is out of the question. As convincing as I can be, even I don't think that I can swing a brunch at "First Watch" with her in a purely observer's role!