Ethel-ectomy Underway...

Hopefully I do this blog justice as I've not done this before. Here's an update for Debbi as of 11:20am on 4/30.

We arrived in NYC yesterday late afternoon and relaxed awhile before an early-bird special dinner at 5:45pm. Funny how that doesn't sound so unreasonable as time goes by. Nice dinner with Debbi's folks and a dear friend of Debbi's.

Debbi's folks back to Peggy's apartment and Debbi & I to the hotel in time for American Idol. We slept in shifts as this has become our new norm - and up at 5am. A quick sprint to NYU where we met Debbi's parents at 6am. We were one of only several people who were in Admitting at this time of the day, so we quickly found our little pre-surgery waiting room. Many doctor and nurse visits later, our little quiet Admitting area quickly filled up with many more nurses and 12-year old Doogie-like doctors. It got so bad and noisy, I quickly came to the conclusion that we no longer wanted to experience the frenzy that oozes from newbie thrill seeking Xgames wanna be surgeons....OK, the truth be told, we knew this was a training hospital and I've possibly watched one too many "ER" shows, and I'm sure they're all great doctors, but man they looked so young and so eager to spawn their way into the OR as soon as the doors mysteriously opened.

Debbi was, as she always is, in full control and was pressing to move this process along. We eventually got the all systems go at 8:30am EST where she boldly walked herself into surgery with a nurse in tow - no doubt describing to the nurse how she wanted this gig to go down.

We expect to hear something by 1pm, so I'll share what I'm sure will be great news as soon as I can.

Thanks everyone for your kind words and support,
Willie