I just spoke with TeddyBear's daughter who was happy to relay the good news. After too many postponements, rescheduling and cancelations to assemble the variety of specialists needed for this not so simple procedure, it's done and all went smoothly. She went into surgery at 09:00 and was awake and conscious throughout until 14:30. She spent the next 2-1/2 hours in recovery being monitored as the local anesthetic wore off. She's now on a morphine drip and sleeping after NOT doing so last night in anticipation.


The next step is to have the battery pack implanted and that is scheduled to be done on the 8th of this month. I understand that to be a much simpler procedure and I'm elated to say she is over the peek and headed down the easy slope. :

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