June 13, Saturday


Okay, here we go. Pat & Co. had a nice long talk with the doctors from the endocrine surgery team, including the surgeons who did her surgery almost 2 years ago. They went over the procedure in a fair bit of detail. They're mostly happy with her lab results, and as of now, the plan is to for it. Surgery will be Monday, June 15. I probably won't be able to give any detailed updates until late in the day, but I'll try. For those of you following on facebook, Valerie may have updates.


Saturday and Sunday are boring days here at the hospital (Pat is remaining an inpatient) and most stuff on the NIH campus is closed, but Pat and I took a walk outside and up to the patient library. Once out, Pat wanted to go everywhere, so we walked around the gardens at the Safra Lodge, which are very pretty. It's a nice place for families to get away from the Clinical Center for a bit, though the weather here has been a bit on the warm side (in the 90s).


So, we are gearing up for the OR. It will take most of the day, they think, but are hopeful that Pat will be ready for discharge in a week (Pat would like to get right off the table and into the car, if she could). It would be fantastic if she was ready to come home in a week. We'll see.


The nurses at the Clinical Center have been quite nice and very helpful, doing the best they can to keep up with changing doctor's orders. There's a lot to keep track of. The rooms look like hospital rooms just about anywhere in the US.


Thanks to Ria for her reply and update, and enjoy the garden! And thanks to everyone following the blog; it's nice to know you're out there.