1st OP post OP day 2

It’s Saturday January 3rd after Lina’s surgery and the short quick is she is doing awesome. The surgery went much quicker than we expected, about a whole hour less. There is a rumor she may have been operated on by the Muppets. Apparently there was a surgeon named Fasi (Fozzie), a Dr. Stein, and the nurse obligingly agreed to being Miss Piggy. The removal of the tumor was clean, no extra yuckies discovered. One ovary looked disagreeable so they just took it out – she doesn’t really need it anyway. Boy, was she funny and wry after she woke up. My personal favorite quote was “All this surgery and still no boobs.” She is so vibrant. The care she is receiving from the hospital, from the entourage of family and Sara Beck, Soul Sister, that follows her glow and fills her with love, is so wonderful. Lina, Adrian and I had a sweet sleep-over in the hospital room, well it’s more like a suite with a gorgeous view of Boston. Special thank you to Arthur on that one. She’s up, she’s walking (slowly), but the big thing she needs to do to be released is to have “bowel activity”, as our cousin Jesse just said “It ain’t over ’til the skinny lady farts.” I figure for the next few days we need to give her our toots to encourage movement, blasts of “hip hip hooray” for healing and left cheek squeaks just for the hell of it. By the way, Lina has been loving everyone’s messages and emails. I can’t remember if Lina mentioned all her emails are printed into a personally chosen font and the inserted into a journal she carries, shares, and refills her well. I am so amazed at how well Lina has surrounded herself with people who each fill their own niche for what she needs. I am not surprised to see how her generousness is being beamed back at her by everyone, and I mean you, whoever is reading this right now.

-Lorna