Here I go cluttering the list but. Just returned home from Elizabethtown, trying to get out after one storm and trying to beat the next system coming in. I rode to the hospital with my pastor and wife; came home with my dau Shelley and her husband. Kris made it through surgery splendidly. I just missed seeing her when we got there; she had planned ahead and left a note on her bed as to where to go. I did talk to her on her cell phone about 30 seconds before they wheeled her out. The surgery lasted about an hour, I think - they alert you when they actually go into surgery and it seems like we had been waiting about 30-45. The surgeon talked to us for quite a while she was in recovery; everything implanted, everything removed that was necessary. We went back into the waiting room where they were going to page us in about 30 minutes. I decided to head on back to their room and the others waited. About half way there (long walk) my cell phone rang ... "hey Mom, where's everyone? I'm back in my room?" And, she text messaged her sister! Kris stayed awake for about 1/2 hour and they brought her her lunch - shouldn't have had that kind, should have been liquid diet. She was starved and ate most of it and then lost all of it. She had more lasix, a nausea injection and then pain pills. She needed to sleep and kept dozing off, so we sneaked out and grabbed a bite to eat. She was still sleeping when all of us but Bill left. I don't know about discharge dates yet but hope they keep her for awhile longer. She has to have regular dialysis 3 times a week for 2 weeks in her home town while they are sure the implanted gizmo is working - no infections, etc. I'll talk to her later this evening. Blood pressure was pretty high but expected, it will start coming down with the meds. The storms appear to be close so I am dashing over to the grocery store rapidly. Just wanted to let you know that major step #2 is done. Keep remembering her during her healing time at the hospital. We're going to try to set up a web site where people can check in on her daily progress - after we get some sleep and relax. Sandi