It pays to have a nurse in the family...

In our case, we have about 5 nurses in the family, but today, the one who works in outpatient surgery at the Watauga Medical Center was worth her weight in gold!  Aunt Laurie, after getting Mom into see Dr. Flemming the other day and helping the surgery get on the books ASAP, worked her magic yet again and got Mom in and out of surgery in record time this morning.  Mom did great! They were able to do a block on her arm and avoid general anesthesia, and the surgery went off without a hitch in a little over 30 minutes.  Everyone there was so incredibly sweet and helpful!  Mom has some shiny new titanium pins holding a plate that is stabilizing her wrist.  We saw the x-ray and it looks like a long bug crawling up her bone. It's rather cool!  We were home before noon, Dad has gone off to the office and Mom and I are watching "Little Women".  The block should last the day, numbing her arm, and we have percocet ready to roll when the block starts to wear off. Mom is so thankful to have this done and to be moving on! Thanks for all of the prayers...Keep them coming for a speedy recovery for Mom from this injury! Blessings-Shannon