About 8:45 am (Turkey time) Prof. Erdogru stopped by and said hello. He asked if Shirlayne was ready and she said that she was. At that point, they gave her some oral medicine to make her sleepy. Shirlayne complained about the taste for a few minutes and then she rolled over and fell asleep.
At 9:09 am they brought in a gurney and moved Shirlayne from her bed to the gurney. I told her I will see you soon, but she didn't hear me, and they wheeled her down the hall towards the operating room. About two minutes later they came in to get her contact lens case, Shirlayne had forgotten to pull them out.
At 10:25 am, I received a phone call from Pervin explaining that Dr. Erdogru has begun the surgery and was beginning to perform the decompression. At this point, everything is going well.
At 11:51 am, I received another phone call from Pervin explaining that Prof. Erdogru was now at the nerve and working on her left side and that things are going a little slower than he thought they would, but everything was still going well.
At 12:12 pm, they brought a hospital lunch in to me. I realize now that we are going to have a serious problem when she returns. There is simply no way Shirlayne is going to be able to eat this hospital food for two days. I will have to find a way to go out and get her something else. Let me tell you about lunch. I opened and tasted everything they brought. A funny stew that had tons of cooked soggy zucchini, a light red soup that I hoped tasted like tomato, but didn't, a salad comprised of only shaved carrots and lemon juice ( I did eat a bite of that). So I did the same thing for lunch that I did for breakfast that morning, grabbed the roll and ate that. I told Shirlayne before we left that I expected to lose weight on this trip, and at this point I am sure of it.
At 1:54 pm, I received a phone call from Pervin that Prof. Erdogru had completed the left side and was now working on the right side. The surgery was still going well.
At 4:02 pm, I received a phone call from Pervin that the surgery was complete and Shirlayne was in the post-operative area, and when she wakes up and stabilizes, she will be brought back to our room. I can't wait to see her.
At 5:12 pm, they opened the door and wheeled Shirlayne back into the room. She looked good for having been under anesthesia for about 7 hours. She was able to talk and communicate with me, although she is very tired.
At 5:23 pm Prof. Erdogru also came into the room. He said that the surgery went well, and that he was able to see and reach everything he was supposed to. He was pleased with how the surgery went. He said that he would stop by tomorrow morning. We said "Thank you for everything." and he left.
At this point, it is too early to tell if it worked. Shirlayne has a pain pump which she controls and because of that she isn't going to feel much pain right now anyway. Her biggest complaint is from the compression socks that they use to limit blood clotting in her legs during surgery. Before long she is back to sleep.
... more to come
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