She's OUT!!

Dr. Thacker came out and spoke with us.  The surgery took less time than they thought it might.  Susan's anesthesia and epidural for pain, worked really well.  She got to do it laproscopically (with tiny incisions), removed the obviously diseased part of her colon, but there were no surprises.  The doctor said everything went really well, and we should be able to go see her in Recovery in an hour or less... where she will be able to drink something.
Then later today, if Susan feels like it, she can eat applesauce (Susan's wish for her "first meal")... and maybe even snacks tonight.  Plus, she might even get up out of bed tonight, since this kind of epidural doesn't make it impossible to use your legs, etc.  
And she might get the epidural out tomorrow???!!!
We are delighted.   Breathing a lot easier now.
Who knows?
Maybe the next time I post will include her room number and telephone number! 
And the next one, might be Susan blogging herself.

I think celebration is appropriate at this point.
More soon.
Maggi