Today is the Day

Hello everyone...First let me take this moment to apologize for me being out of blog land for over 2 weeks. I was on vacation the first week. The second week I really don't have an excuse for. I guess I didn't have much to say. For our vacation all we did was go visit family and friends. I had a birthday during my vacation. That was a good day even though I hate turning older. My hubby took me to see "Sex And The City: The Movie" that day and to a beautiful dinner. We went to Amish Country one day. Boy oh boy...we should have stayed over. 2 1/2 hrs each way and guess who did all the driving ---->me. My hubby hates to drive. But that wouldn't have been so bad except while we were there I did all the driving there. I love to look at the scenery, the farmland, the animals. So it was quite tough to do that as you can imagine. But I made the best of it. My hubby feels very uncomfortable driving on roads he is not familiar with. Guess that gives all new meaning to the road less traveled. Anyway, we did have a wonderful day. We came hom with an array of delicious Amish baked goods such as red velvet whoopie pies, peanut butter cookies, a package of assorted cookies, and "Pappys" fresh kettle corn (they made it in front of us). I know this may sound weird, but I also came home with an Elvis iPod carrying case. It is the perfect size to fit my iPod (with its bulky plastic protective casing) and my over-the ear buds. I had to get them because the ones that come with the iPod keep falling out. I don't know how people jog or exercise with them. I'm lazy and sit my but and don't move and they fall out. Go figure. LOL!

Well today is the big day...my sister's surgery. I am blogging around 9:30am. I am meeting her at the hospital at 11:30am. Her husband is driving them, my other sister & myself are meeting them there. She needs to be there for 12 noon. Her surgery is scheduled for 2pm and should last approximately 3hrs. Her urologist and a specialist who specializes in this "robotic arm" technigue will perform the surgery. We are praying that this is successful. It has an 85 percent success rate. They are manually removing the obstruction and cleaning out the area that is causing the problem. She will leave with another stent in her. They are thinking she will be in the hospital 2 or 3 days. This is the last step to avoid having to remove the kidney. We are praying that this works.

Well my friends, thank you for those of you who have been on this whole journey with me. I will try to get on here and let you know how everything went. I'm very nervous because I don't want her to have to go through this, or any type of pain. She is more nervous about the recovery time. My sister is a very active person. She is concerned that she is going to need alot of down time and she doesn't do down time well. In any case, I am off...thanks again for your prayers and support - you all are wonderful.