Hi Diane!  Diane in San Jose here.  DJ asked me about getting together while you are out here.  Have him get in touch with me if that is still on.  I gave him my home and cell phone numbers.  If he can't find them, let me know where you are staying and I will get in touch.  (I will probably need your last name if I am going to do this, to be put through to your hotel room.)

If you guys are just too exhausted (which would be understandable), that is okay too.

I don't have MM, but my sister, PatM in New Jersey, does.  Therefore, I am very interested in what can be done for Christy.  Pat will have her first EDAS surgery in NYC this Friday, April 16th.  Then they will do the same thing on the other (left) side in mid-June.

I'm off work this week, so let me know if you want to meet up.  I can come over to Palo Alto.

Praying for you and everyone on here!
Diane

I'm headed to Stanford in the morning to try and be some support for Christy, Johnny, and her Mom.  I will have my laptop with me and will keep everyone informed on how it's going.

Diane, I have your numbers in my phone.  I will give you a call.

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Babyblue,
               You will get thru this so much easier with D.J. being there he was there for us and it helps so much to talk to someone thats been threw it to no what to expect and not just turn around and ask what a comfort. Hes the bomb as the kids say what a guy. You'll be fine tell Dr S. we said hi and Theresa too. We will be praying and thinking of you. Try to enjoy some of that beautiful Ca. its gorgeous. Looking forward to the next post. Good Luck!!
                                        Nancy

Hi Diane,

I too want you to know that Christy, you and your family are in my prayers today. I'tll be a long and exhausting day while waiting for the surgery to be over, but she's in excellent hands. Dr Steinberg is the greatest!! There is no one in the world I'd rather have operating on me... and DJ being there is another angel on your side. So, I feel confident all will be just fine. We're there with you in spirit.

God bless,
Mar

Finally got Christy checked into surgery!  It was a loooooong morning, checking in at the hospital at 8:30am (west coast time).  They finally rolled her to the OR around 1pm.  She was in VERY GOOD SPIRITS and ready to get it all over with.

Had to come back to the hotel and get a couple hours sleep before heading back to wait for her to come out of surgery.

I'm including a picture of her taken last night after dinner.  Got a lot more today of her pre-op which I will post as soon as I can.  I'll keep you updated!

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HEY EVERYONE,
          WELL CHRISTY FINALLY GOT OUT OF SURGERY ABOUT 830 TONIGHT OUR TIME HERE. IT WAS A VERY LONG DAY FOR US ALL. THE SURGERY WENT GREAT AND NO PROBLEMS. THEY GOT HER TO ICU AND WE FINALLY GOT TO SEE HER ABOUT 9 PM. SHE WAS REALLY STILL DRUGGED UP ALOT AND WASNT FEELING GOOD BUT ACTUALLY WAS DOING GREAT ALTHOUGH SHE WONT REMEMBER IT TOMORROW.  IT WAS SUCH A RELIEF TO SEE HER AND KNOW SHE WAS OK, I HAVE BEEN A NERIVOUS WRECK ALL DAY LONG. THANKFULLY FOR DJ AND HER BOYFRIEND AND OUR OTHER FRIEND, I HAD ALOT OF SUPPORT. WE ARE HOPING SOME TIME TOMORROW THEY WILL MOVE HER TO A REGULAR ROOM AND GET TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH HER. WE WILL CONTITUE WITH UPDATES ON HOW SHE IS DOING AND KEEP YOU ALL INFORMED. THANKYOU FOR ALL YOUR LOVE AND PRAYERS. YOU DONT KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO ME. MORE LATER AND LOVE TO ALL

DIANE

Good Morning to all of you guys in Cali!

Hope to hear later today that Christy is doing well.  I've been nervous for all of you all the way from south carolina.  The pictures were really cool, thanks! 

Marking her head with the "yes" was a great idea too - JUST IN CASE!

My hair is about Christy's length, and I can't stand for it to be dirty, so I'll be interested to know how long it is before she can wash it (weird request, I guess, yet practical).

Thanks for emailing me personally too, Diane.  I truly appreciate it.  Glad to see also that DJ and Johnny and his friend are all there to give their support also.  I'm STILL waiting to hear about my ops from my doc. at Emory....Maybe today?

Y'all hang in there!

Kris

We are so glad that everything went smoothly.  You are so lucky to have so much support.  I was happy to see pics before hand, but what happened to post op?  I also have hair as long as Christys and want to see what happens.  I have to explain it to a 3 year old and don't want her to be too shocked.   

I hope everything continues to go well.  I will keep saying prayers.

Paula

janicetedd wrote on Apr 15^th, 2004 at 5:26am:

Fantastic news Janice
I knew she could do it. Patty said she would walk and I believe her. This just isn't a small step...It's a testimony to her strength, faith and perseverance. Tell her we're proud of her and to keep up the good work!

Your Buddy,
Mar

Hi everyone in Cali!  This is Kelli, DJ's good friend from Kansas.  Just wanted to wish you the best of luck on the next surgery.  And glad to hear everything went well on the first one.

Just one piece of advice about DJ....Don't let him drag you to Chili's too often!  LOL  (just kidding DeeJ)   ;

Started out this morning seeing Christy in the ICU about 9am.  She said she made it through the night just fine, waking up every couple of hours.  She was awake and alert this morning and was in a very good mood.  Her eye had gotten pretty black and was starting to swell up pretty good, but she wasn't in any pain.

Only got to spend a little bit of time with her part of the morning in the ICU, but they finally got her into a "normal" room late this afternoon where we were able to spend several hours with her.

All but one of her IV lines had already been taken out and she was up walking on her own.  She was still in a really good mood (cracking some pretty good jokes, actually), and still in no pain.  Swelling around her eye had grown some from when we were with her in the morning, and her eye had gotten a little bit blacker, but it looked like it was starting to slow down.

I leave early in the morning, but Diane assures me she'll continue to keep us updated on Christy's progress.  Pictures from here on out will have to wait until they get back home and can send them to me via email, but she will keep us informed from the computer here at the hotel and the community computer's at Stanford.

Here are the pictures from today...

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Great pictures Deej its so much comfort to the family back home to see those I know it was for my family its almost like being there. Keep up the good work babyblue your doing great!
                                 Nancy