Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Lady Emma Goes To Surgery



Lady Emma Cuddlestone-Smythe on a better day, defeating her Daddy in a wargame recently.

Today we are at Childrens' Memorial Hospital waiting for our daughter, "Lady Emma", to undergo surgery on her back to correct a condition that she has. This is a sort of "twofer" operation as we are also having a cyste removed from her finger. The hand surgeon will do the cyste removal first and then when he is finished, the neurosurgeon will do the work on her back, near the base of the spine.


Lady Emma was quite the brave soldier this morning and didn't express anything but the mildest of concern about the pending operation. We have been faced with this for nearly two years, so I think that she has had sufficient time to grow accustomed to the idea of the surgery. So she seems to be taking it much better than her Mother and Dad.


We should be finished with both operations around 4PM this afternoon and then we will get to see her in the recovery room. We plan to spend the night in her room tonight and then spend the next three or four days through Sunday with her. Mom and Dad will trade off spending nights at the hospital after the first night. Once Lady Emma comes home, she will have one to two weeks on her back waiting for the incision to heal.


I will post updates as we get some progress reports. I am rather surprised that I was able to figure out how to blog on the laptop, so I guess that you really can teach an old dog some new tricks.


As of 2:45pm the finger surgery was successful and they were getting Lady Emma ready for the back surgery.

Update at 4pm C.S.T - Chicago
They are closing Lady Emma up right now so things seem to be moving along nicely and faster than I had expected. The finger surgeon also reported that the cyst appeared to be benign, but they are sending it to the lab to be sure. I would expect that we shall be seeing Lady Emma in recovery within the hour.

Update at 4:40pm CST - Chicago
We just met with the surgeon and she told us that everything went exactly as she expected it to be, based on her prior view of the MRI pictures. She gave us a good run down on what to expect during the next several days and throughout the recovery period. We are very pleased to have all of this over with. It went so fast. Now for the long recovery period.

29 comments:

  1. All of Beerstein wishes Lady Emma well and hopes a speedy recovery. I know her bear army is very sad it's brave leader is absent!

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  3. Best wishes to Lady Emma for a speedy recovery.

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  4. All the best to Emma for a speedy recovery. She's certainly managed to put on a braver front than I ever can when faced with hospital ops..

    David
    http://nba-sywtemplates.blogspot.com/

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  5. Best wishes Jim, to your daughter and to you and your wife.

    A speedy recovery,

    Greg

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  6. This must be a worrying time for you. Best wishes to you and yours.

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  7. All of us here at the Golding household wish her a speedy recovery and understand what Mum & Dad must be going through-believe us, we've been there. Keep smiling.

    Regards Matt & Clan

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  8. Best wishes to all from the Soweiter League and a speedy recovery for Lady Emma!

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  9. Prayers for a successful procedure and swift recovery.

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  10. I'm glad to read that all has gone well . . . and I wish Lady Emma a very speedy and healthy recovery.


    -- Jeff

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  11. Best wishes for Emma's speedy recovery, Jim.

    Stokes

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  12. Glad to hear it's all gone well, sounds like a terribly trying time for all of you. Best wishes and hope Lady Emma has a speedy recovery.

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  13. Best wishes for your family

    Michel.

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  14. Best wishes for a speedy and simple recovery!

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  15. dear fritz,

    every best wish for her recovery!

    theo

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  16. Best wishes to Lady Emma from the Kingdom of Wittenberg,

    -- Allan

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  17. V best wishes and I hope she will be up and about as soon as possible.

    regards,
    Guy

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  18. Prodigious compliments, best wishes and prayers for Lady Emma, Ann and you.
    Bill

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  19. So glad to hear everything went well. Our best wishes to all of you for a speedy recovery!

    GregS

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  20. Very glad to hear all went well, and I hope Lady Emma has a speedy recovery and less trouble in future because of this.

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  21. With two little'uns of my own I don't even want to think about what a worry you've been through.... Best wishes to the parents as well as little'un, and may the teddy bear armies soon be out in search of chocolates once again...

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  22. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. May her recovery be swift and complete!

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  23. So glad everything seems to be going well, and that Lady Emma appears to be on the mend.

    It may be appropriate to celebrate her release from field hospital with another painted regiment of teddy bears!

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  24. Delighted to hear that Emma is fine Jim. My very best wishes to all 3 of you and may everything return to normal as soon as possible.

    Frank

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  25. I'm glad all went well.

    His Majesty, Joern Carlos XI, High King of La Union Real de Scandalusia y Cuatrofenia, has declared a day of thanksgiving, fiesta, and prayer to celebrate the good news and to petition for a speedy and full recovery for the estimable Senorita Emma.

    Best wishes to you and your family.

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  26. Daf,
    Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family as well. May her recovery be swift and complete and I second Robert's comment about a new regiment or two of teddies.
    Nigel

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  27. Best wishes and prayers for Emma her family.

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  28. Lady Emma will recover very swiftly for she is strong of heart and will!

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