Surgery Update #1 - 9:00 am

Hello all! Here is our first update on Mom's surgery progress. We all arrived in Dallas last night and had a good visit with our family and friends. Mom, dad, Brody, Loren, Brooke, and I all shared a suite, so it was good to all be together last night and this morning. We got to the hospital at 5:30 this morning (woah, that was early) and they took her back at around 6:00 to prep her. She was in good spirits. They got her IV started on the first try and we got to visit with her two surgeons and the anesthesiologist. They told us that it would be pretty rough after surgery for her due to the nature of the surgery. She will be in surgery for about 6 hours and then will go straight to ICU for about 24 hours. She will stay sedated most of the time while in ICU, which hopefully will ease her through the rough part. So, they took her back about 7:00 and said they would probably get started about 8:00. So, please be in prayer for her surgeons, nurse staff, and the others caring for her in the operating room right now. The first part of the surgery will take 2-3 hours and then the surgeon will come talk to us. So when we have our first update, I will let you know. Thank you for praying for my sweet mom. Also, please start praying for her post op, as I know she was really concerned about how she would feel.