Mom's having surgery again

We saw the surgeon and he agreed that she has a hernia and REALLY needs it repaired. So, she is having surgery on February 10, 2009. It is a contradiction of terms because all stomas are man-made hernias, so she now has a Oma-made hernia and a man-made hernia. The Oma- made hernia has to be fixed in such a way that it does not hurt the man-made hernia. Does this make sense to anyone??? She will spend at least one night in Hotel Boone Hospital and then she will get to come home if she is able to handle the pain and if there are no complications.

As for her recent fall...she is still hurting really badly and it hurts to sit, stand, move, lay, walk, etc. She goes to see the ortho surgeon again on Feb 4th, but we don't think he will let her have the shot that she needs because of the surgery the next week. We will have to see.

We are going to Kansas City for Brayden's 3rd birthday party on Saturday. We have a couple of places we want to go before we arrive at the party, so this will be the test to see if she can walk by the time we get there. Oma like riding in my van because I have "butt warmers" and this puts heat directly on her back. So, for several hours she will be in heaven with her tushie really warm. Maybe this will make the trip bearable for her. She can rest all day on Sunday.