good news

All,

Paola is out of surgery. I saw her after an hour or so in the recovery room (so, a little after 3 AM). She was very groggy but knew who I was and asked about her family. Her throat hurt a lot, so talking was difficult. Also, the nurses told me that the pain medications they were going to give her would make her sleep.

The doctors told me that she was stable and had been throughout the whole surgery. The plastic surgeon assured me that the long time on anesthesia was not worrisome.

When I left the hospital (i.e., was told to go home), they still did not know what room she would be in tomorrow, so I have no landline contact information for her at this time. Even if I did, I would discourage calling her (except maybe later in the day/evening) because her throat will be so sore. Her cell phone is almost dead, so tomorrow I need to find the charger for it - it's not where I thought we put it. My cell phone is recharging now, and I'll have it with me tomorrow. We will likely be in a part of the building with bad reception again though. (For y'all who live here or who are affiliated with Stanford, I urge you to tell Stanford that their cell phone issue is unacceptable.) I will update this blog as more information emerges HOWEVER I am signing off completely at this time in order to get a few hours of sleep.
good night,
allie